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Sunday January 22, 2017
Heating up across the southeastern capitals
11:19 EDT
A couple of scorchers are on the way for Adelaide, Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney over the next few days.
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Darwin not quite that wet (yet)
11:13 EDT
Following a good start to January 2017 rainfall, when 125mm fell during the first 48 hours of the year, conditions have been relatively dry for the Northern Territory capital.
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Saturday January 21, 2017
Steamy night in Brisbane
14:29 EDT
In the early hours of the morning, Brisbane had its warmest minimum temperature since at least 1999, when the mercury halted its descent at 28 degrees just after 3am.
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Stormy conditions again for Aotearoa
11:51 EDT
Another intense low pressure system is set to impact New Zealand from this evening, with heavy rain and severe gales forecast.
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Friday January 20, 2017
Kimberley cattle country soaked by January rains in great start to season
18:55 EDT
Cattle stations in the Kimberley region of Western Australia have had an extremely wet start to 2017.
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SA weather: Thousands without power after wild storms cross state
17:26 EDT
Thousands of properties are without power in South Australia, with Adelaide being the hardest hit, after a storm front crossed the state last night.
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Adelaide's sodden summer
17:04 EDT
Adelaide is having the wettest summer to date in more than half a century.
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Tasmania weather: threat of flash flooding eases as heavy rain fails to eventuate
16:27 EDT
Heavy rain has fallen across Tasmania's north-east, with more than 90 millimetres recorded at Gray.
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WA's South West a 'canary in the coalmine' for climate change
14:40 EDT
After 200 years of changing the landscape of the world's most distinctive continent we are only just beginning to understand how European settlers and their successors have vitally affected its ecology, its diversity and its climate.
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South reeling as severe weather spreads east
12:03 EDT
Severe weather will spread over parts of eastern Australia today after a wild night in the nation's south.
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Pineapple farmers apply 'sunblock' to fruit as Queensland heatwave reaches peak
09:58 EDT
Pineapple farmers on the Sunshine Coast are concerned their fruit will burn and become unsaleable as a heatwave in south east Queensland reaches its peak today.
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Severe weather warning for Tasmania's north-east, possible flash flooding
09:04 EDT
Severe weather predicted for Tasmania's north and east today has prompted a public warning from emergency services.
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Thursday January 19, 2017
Wet night ahead of Friday flood threat
15:00 EDT
Rain and storms could bring flooding to parts of southern and southeast Australia during the next 24 hours.
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Monsoon likely for Darwin and Top End, bringing cooler temperatures, more rain
14:03 EDT
People in Darwin and other parts of the Top End may be about to get relief from recent hot weather, with the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) predicting a monsoon trough will start to affect the area within days.
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Climate Council warns Queensland will be hard hit by violent storms as the earth warms up
13:51 EDT
The Climate Council has warned that warmer global temperatures could have a severe impact on Queensland with more storm surges and intense cyclone activity likely.
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WA flooding continues
12:56 EDT
Record-breaking rain is causing flooding over parts of Western Australia this week, while parched Perth misses out once again.
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Heatwave has race car drivers concerned about tyres and road temperatures
11:56 EDT
As temperatures push above 35 degrees along the east coast, what does the extreme heat do to tyres driving on hot, often bubbling roads?
Bitumen absorbs the summer heat, often making road surfaces more than 20 degrees hotter than air temperatures.
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Cattle prepare for simulated heatwave for Queensland study into their welfare, performance
10:49 EDT
Radio transmitters have been inserted into the stomachs of 24 feedlot cattle to monitor their body temperatures, as part of a three-month trial investigating the impact of heatwaves.
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Severe winds lash Mudgee, causing mass power outage, damage to cars and buildings
08:09 EDT
Residents have described chaotic scenes in the streets of Mudgee as the town was battered by damaging winds today.
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Wednesday January 18, 2017
Kimberley flooding: Warnings ignored as wild weather lashes WA's north
20:11 EDT
Authorities are growing frustrated with people continuing to drive across fast-moving creek crossings, as hundreds of millimetres of rain swells river catchments across WA's north.
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What the UV rating really means for your skin
19:11 EDT
A national scientific agency says Queensland's UV index so far this summer is higher than in previous years.
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Queensland weather: Heatwave conditions to hit state's south over next four days
17:18 EDT
Heatwave conditions have scorched southern Queensland today for a second time in just over a week, with paramedics preparing for another spike in heat-related cases.
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Water sports ramp up on Central Australian cattle station after heavy rainfall
12:33 EDT
Being able to enjoy water sports on an outback cattle station is not something that happens very often, especially in the desert.
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Records are all about timing
12:29 EDT
Last night was warmer than any official minimum temperature previously recorded in Sydney, but it wasn't a new record.
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Sydney heatwave: City swelters through hottest night in five years
12:04 EDT
Sydneysiders sweltered through another sticky evening, with the temperature reaching a scorching 31 degrees Celsius at 6:00am this morning.
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Boulia shire enjoys a long-awaited start to wet season
09:30 EDT
The Queensland channel country town of Boulia enjoyed some good rain at last in 2016 with the Bureau of Meteorology recording five times the 2015 rainfall.
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Sweaty Sydney eyes off January record
08:26 EDT
Sydney has endured another sweaty night during what could be shaping up to be the city's warmest January on record.
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Tuesday January 17, 2017
Fire fuel loads increase after recent heat in NSW
16:34 EDT
Prolonged heatwave conditions are helping elevate the bushfire threat in parts of New South Wales this week, after a slow start to the season.
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Queensland weather: Heatwave conditions to return on Wednesday
16:09 EDT
A four-day heatwave that begins on Wednesday will bring the same kind of conditions that saw more than 200 Queenslanders treated for heat stroke and dehydration last week.
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Federal MP calls on banks to develop offsetting options to help farmers save in the good times
16:05 EDT
A Queensland MP is calling on the major banks to develop offsetting options for farm management deposits to help landholders save in the good times.
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Rivers rising and roads cut across northern Western Australia
11:37 EDT
The Great Northern Highway has been closed between Fitzroy Crossing and Halls Creek, as rivers rise across northern Western Australia following a week of steady rain.
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Heat fuelling southern fire danger today
11:12 EDT
Total fire bans are in place for parts of South Australia and Victoria today as temperatures soar ahead of an approaching cool change.
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Plastic hives save hot bees in central Queensland
10:36 EDT
A Queensland beekeeper says special hives are helping to keep his bees cool as temperatures soar across the state.
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Monday January 16, 2017
Scorpions, rats emerge as rain continues to fall in flood-hit Tennant Creek
22:25 EDT
Less than three weeks into 2017, the desert town of Tennant Creek in the NT is already just 89 millimetres shy of reaching its average yearly rainfall, with the unusual downpour said to be leading to an influx of creepy crawlies.
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Central Australian tourists treated to 'desert in her party dress' after constant rainfall
22:16 EDT
Rain has continued to fall in parts of Central Australia, ensuring the current greenery continues.
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Northern Territory cattle stations cut off by floodwaters after rain deluge
18:03 EDT
Floodwaters have cut off outback cattle stations in the Northern Territory as heavy rainfall continues.
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Dugout homes lease agreements in White Cliffs delayed by NSW Government
13:52 EDT
There is a lot to be said for living underground, especially when the outside temperature gauge is stuck around a sweltering 40 degrees Celsius â?? or higher.
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Landlocked low brings flooding rain
13:12 EDT
A tropical low that inundated northwest Queensland on the weekend will spread heavy rain and flooding across parts of the Northern Territory and Western Australia during the next few days.
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Extreme heatwave to return this week
11:25 EDT
Last week's oppressive heatwave in eastern Australia came to a close as widespread storms developed over New South Wales and Queensland on the weekend.
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More rain in flooded Northern Territory town of Tennant Creek
08:21 EDT
Tennant Creek has experienced more than half its average annual rainfall in just the first 15 days of the year, as storms continue to dump rain over flooded areas.
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Queensland storm: 'Very dangerous' weather brings heavy rainfall, flash flooding to south-east
07:33 EDT
Parts of south-east Queensland have been hit by heavy rainfall and flash flooding after severe thunderstorms, described as "very dangerous" by the Bureau of Meteorology, swept through late on Sunday afternoon.
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Sunday January 15, 2017
Queensland weather: Cool change on the way after five-day heatwave
15:54 EDT
A cool change has brought Queenslanders some relief from a five-day heatwave that saw temperatures soar across the state, but the weather bureau says it will not last for long.
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Queensland floods: Researchers analyse ongoing health effects of traumatic 2011 flooding
14:06 EDT
Six years after floods tore through south-east Queensland claiming lives and destroying homes, the effect on people's health is still being felt, researchers say.
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Scorching heat for final week of the Big Bash
12:59 EDT
The final week of the Big Bash bandwagon is moving from Australia's west to east, coinciding with the movement of the hottest temperatures.
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Heavy rain for southern QLD
12:18 EDT
Overnight, southern Queensland experienced another bout of heavy downpour with storms.
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Tennant Creek deluged with 'one-in-50-year' flood
09:47 EDT
The normally dry town of Tennant Creek experienced a deluge on Friday night in what meteorologists said was a one-in-50-year flood.
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Queensland weather: South-east residents swelter as heatwave continues
00:32 EDT
Much of south-east Queensland is sweltering as residents endure another day of heatwave conditions.
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Sydney weather: Heatwave breaks another hottest night record
00:28 EDT
No, you did not imagine it â?? Friday night was ridiculously hot â?? because it was the hottest Sydney night in January since city weather records began.
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Saturday January 14, 2017
Cold start for hot WA' s Bunbury
14:04 EDT
Bunbury had its coldest morning so far this year, when temperatures in the early hours of the morning dropped down to nine degrees.
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Canberra windstorm fells trees, causes havoc across city; emergency services inundated
13:02 EDT
A sudden windstorm felled trees across Canberra on Friday afternoon, prompting about 750 calls to emergency services.
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Weather News
Heating up across the southeastern capitals
11:19 EDT
A couple of scorchers are on the way for Adelaide, Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney over the next few days.
Darwin not quite that wet (yet)
11:13 EDT
Following a good start to January 2017 rainfall, when 125mm fell during the first 48 hours of the year, conditions have been relatively dry for the Northern Territory capital.
Steamy night in Brisbane
14:29 EDT
In the early hours of the morning, Brisbane had its warmest minimum temperature since at least 1999, when the mercury halted its descent at 28 degrees just after 3am.
