Weather News
Sunday February 5, 2017
'Monsoon burst' causes havoc on Darwin roads, minor flooding
13:00 EDT
It has been a wet 24 hours in Darwin, with a dumping more than 200 millimetres of rain over the city, causing havoc on the roads.
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Darwin gets soaked within monsoon trough
11:34 EDT
An active monsoon trough continues to intersect the northern Kimberley and Top End, leading to thunderstorms and heavy rainfall over large parts of northern Australia, including Darwin.
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Sydney weather: City sizzles with mercury expected to pass 40C in some areas
11:30 EDT
Sydney's sweaty summer is expected to continue on Sunday with the mercury tipped to pass 40 degrees Celsius in parts of the city.
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Sydney's Scorching Summer Continues
10:56 EDT
Records tumbled in January with Sydney recording its hottest month on record.
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Saturday February 4, 2017
Rain threatening to flood SA
15:51 EDT
Widespread fall of 20-to-50 millimetres are set to drench much of South Australia during the next few days with potential for more than 50mm in parts, leading to some flooding.
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Turtle hatchlings dying in extreme heat at Mon Repos
10:24 EDT
Piles of dead turtle hatchlings are lining Queensland's famous Mon Repos beach amid a heatwave which has pushed the sand's temperature to a record 75 degrees Celsius.
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Summer arrives in time for the Waitangi long weekend
10:16 EDT
For most of the North Island, Waitangi weekend will be prime BBQ weather, with warm and mostly sunny conditions.
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Friday February 3, 2017
Queensland weather: Police dog Waco dies from heat stroke as records tumble on Southern Downs
18:55 EDT
Southern Queensland's blazing temperatures have claimed an unlikely victim, with a police dog succumbing to heat stroke after tracking an offender, as several towns sweltered through their hottest February day on record.
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Kids and families can suffer from unresolved trauma after weather emergencies, says clinical psychologist
18:19 EDT
Regional families can suffer from issues around unresolved trauma after extreme weather emergencies, says a Perth clinical psychologist.
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Tropical soaking looms
16:04 EDT
The monsoon trough has returned to northern Australia ahead of a wet weekend in Darwin.
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Floods, hail, storm surges: Why Adelaide's weather has gone a little crazy lately
16:03 EDT
Record wind gusts, high humidity levels, flooding, flash storm cells and tornadoes â?? what is going on with the weather in Adelaide?
Over the past year, the South Australian capital has experienced its fair share of unusual events.
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Top End wet season forces NT live exporters to buy Queensland cattle
13:53 EDT
With the wet season interrupting the movement of cattle in the Northern Territory, live exporters are heading further south and east to source cattle to fill boats out of the port of Darwin.
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Heatwave: Why you have trouble sleeping during hot nights
12:32 EDT
The morning after a sweltering summer night, when you have tossed and turned and sweated in your sheets, many may experience a rude awakening.
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Unprecedented heat in Australian outback
11:12 EDT
February is about to put eastern Australia's record-breaking hot January to shame.
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Thursday February 2, 2017
Roll cloud appears over Port Hedland
16:50 EDT
Port Hedland residents were treated to a rare roll cloud yesterday afternoon as thunderstorms rumbled over Western Australia's Pilbara district.
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Hotter than average January in southern Queensland, Birdsville record set to tumble
15:38 EDT
Exceptionally warm weather gripped southern Queensland in January, and a stable low-pressure surface trough across the southern interior looks set to shatter temperature records in February, the Bureau of Meteorology has said.
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Wet week ahead for northern QLD
12:14 EDT
Parts of Tropical North Queensland are enjoying a soggy start to February after enduring a dry end to 2016.
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Outdoor indoor cricket: How residents of Marble Bar keep active in one of Australia's hottest towns
11:53 EDT
In a Western Australian town where the mercury regularly licks 50 degrees C, indoor cricket â?? outdoors â?? is the hottest game around.
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Monsoon to return to Top End, heavy rain forecast for weekend
11:12 EDT
Weather forecasters are predicting a monsoon will bring heavy falls and winds to the Top End by the weekend.
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Hottest January on record sees Canberra's power usage soar
06:37 EDT
Canberra's hottest January on record has kept air conditioners and fans across the territory running red hot, with more electricity being used this summer compared to last year.
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Wednesday February 1, 2017
Thunderstorm asthma: Victorian emergency chiefs did not understand crisis, review finds
19:12 EDT
Few public health alerts were issued during because emergency chiefs did not understand the cause of the crisis, a review has found.
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Heavy rains bring stunning changes to Western Australia's remote desert landscapes
18:30 EDT
A photographer working in one of Western Australia's most remote communities has captured the stunning change to the desert landscape brought about by summer rain.
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Lack of summer rain being felt in Queensland's Wide Bay-Burnett region
16:45 EDT
The Wide Bay-Burnett region in Queensland has experienced substantially lower than average rainfall figures for the month of January.
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Flooding rains bring optimism as barramundi season starts in northern Australia
14:17 EDT
Fishermen in northern Australia had a spring in their step as they headed out to their fishing grounds early for the start of barramundi season this week.
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January national wrap-up
12:39 EDT
The first month of 2017 was a mixed bag for Australia's capital cities, with relatively cool and wet conditions in the west and heat records tumbling across the east.
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Wet season turning into one of the biggest on record for northern WA
12:19 EDT
After several big rain events in January, the wet season is quickly turning into one of the best on record for many parts of Western Australia's north.
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NSW staying hot and dry in February
11:06 EDT
The recent spate of hot weather across eastern Australia has broken numerous long-standing records in New South Wales and it's not over yet.
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Tuesday January 31, 2017
In pictures: Darwin's storm surfers welcome monsoon and 'most mellow vibe in the world'
20:03 EDT
The humidity has dropped, wind is whipping in from the west, and the chocolate swell might actually be on the cusp of a barrel.
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Moree residents face another record-breaking week, with temperatures to exceed 40 degrees Celsius
19:49 EDT
Cotton farmers of Moree in northern NSW have suffered through 36 straight days of at least 35 degrees Celsius, as heat records are broken across the state.
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Summer heat records smashed in Sydney and regional NSW
18:12 EDT
Sydneysiders were forced to kick off their doonas last night as the city sweated through its seventh sleep above 24 degrees Celsius â?? a new summer record.
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Hot January in Brisbane
16:40 EDT
Brisbane has joined a number of locations across eastern Australia that had one of their warmest Januaries on record.
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Sydney's hottest month
15:14 EDT
Sydney just endured its hottest calendar month since records began 158 years ago.
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Canberra fire danger severe with ACT set to swelter through another hot week
11:33 EDT
Hot weather and strong winds forecast for Canberra have seen a total fire ban put in place across the ACT and surrounding regions today.
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Monday January 30, 2017
'Mother nature playing games with us': wild weather causes damage in rural WA
19:35 EDT
Wild weather at the weekend in Western Australia's Wheatbelt and Great Southern regions caused havoc, with heavy rain and strong winds damaging farm sheds and bringing down trees.
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Heatwave: Fire bans in place in NSW, Victoria, while ACT continues to swelter
18:22 EDT
There are fire bans across the country's south-east, with Victoria, New South Wales and the ACT all heading for sweltering temperatures in the high 30s and even 40s.
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Using bubble wrap to 'double glaze' your windows to keep your house cool in summer
16:32 EDT
Bubble wrap is commonly used to protect breakables or â?? for a childish few â?? popping.
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Scorching week ahead
13:48 EDT
This is going to be a hot week for some of the hottest places in Australia.
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Why Tasmania's sun feels harsher during the summer months
13:00 EDT
Summer in Tasmania may not mean endless 40-degree days like parts of mainland Australia experience, but the sun still packs a punch.
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Heavy rain targets Perth
12:13 EDT
Perth is about to get a good drink after a dry start to 2017.
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Victorian weather: Extreme heat warning issued, total fire ban declared for state
11:52 EDT
An extreme heat warning has been issued for Victoria, with temperatures expected to exceed 40 degrees Celsius in some parts of the state.
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Sunday January 29, 2017
Northern Territory waterfalls of Litchfield National Park in full flight
15:25 EDT
The spectacular waterfalls at Litchfield National Park, south of Darwin, are pumping after huge amounts of wet season rain.
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Sydney's neverending heat
14:09 EDT
As school goes back this week the scorching summer-holiday-heat is sticking around.
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Wrap up of the Tropical Low
12:31 EDT
A tropical low is now continuing off WA's Pilbara coast and weakening over the Indian Ocean.
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Saturday January 28, 2017
WA cyclone: BOM gives Pilbara residents all clear for tropical low
21:44 EDT
People in parts of Western Australia's Pilbara region are given the all clear by the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) regarding a tropical low that earlier prompted a blue alert.
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Bodies recovered after three drown in crowded 4WD swept into Northern Territory floodwaters
20:52 EDT
The bodies of a woman and two men have been recovered after their troop carrier trying to cross a flooded causeway south-west of Darwin was swept off the road with 20 people on board.
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NSW Floods: Farmers in state's central west still recovering three months on
18:03 EDT
Farmers in central western New South Wales are still counting their losses from major flooding three months ago that devastated properties in the region.
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Wet end to a dry month for Perth
11:47 EDT
Perth and surrounding areas can expect falls close to double the average January rainfall over the next few days.
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Swampy in South Australia's south
11:43 EDT
With the end of January fast approaching, it looks like a swathe of southern South Australia has received record-breaking monthly and seasonal rainfall.
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WA cyclone alert: Pilbara warned of possible weekend cyclone
11:30 EDT
People from Port Hedland to Ningaloo in Western Australia's Pilbara region are being warned to brace for a possible cyclone as a tropical low bears down on the area.
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Friday January 27, 2017
Bureau of Meteorology forecasts drier than average three months in eastern Australia
17:22 EDT
The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) is forecasting February to April rainfall is likely to be below average in much of eastern Australia and above average in parts of the north-west and the northern NT.
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Weather News
'Monsoon burst' causes havoc on Darwin roads, minor flooding
13:00 EDT
It has been a wet 24 hours in Darwin, with a dumping more than 200 millimetres of rain over the city, causing havoc on the roads.
Darwin gets soaked within monsoon trough
11:34 EDT
An active monsoon trough continues to intersect the northern Kimberley and Top End, leading to thunderstorms and heavy rainfall over large parts of northern Australia, including Darwin.
Sydney weather: City sizzles with mercury expected to pass 40C in some areas
11:30 EDT
Sydney's sweaty summer is expected to continue on Sunday with the mercury tipped to pass 40 degrees Celsius in parts of the city.
