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NSW Energy Minister pleads for help to avoid heatwave power blackout
Authorities are pleading for public help to avoid blackouts and limit fire risks as a record-breaking heatwave sets in across eastern Australia.
Authorities are pleading for public help to avoid blackouts and limit fire risks as a record-breaking heatwave sets in across eastern Australia.
Sydney has sweltered through another record-breaking day in summer of peak heat, with hospitals remaining on alert, power cuts hitting businesses and sports competitions scrambling to cancel weekend events.
As Sydney endures another heatwave, sweltering through what is likely to be its hottest summer on record, there are places where the heat is not just extreme but excruciating.
Snow is expected to fall in Tasmania this weekend while most of the nation swelters in a heatwave.
Sydney and the rest of NSW are expected to bake from Friday to Sunday, with authorities expecting a spike in electricity use as fans and air conditioners whir into action across the state.
NSW faces biggest test of the summer, with soaring temperatures set to bring "catastrophic" fire conditions to some areas.
The most extensive heatwave of the summer is building over inland Australia, setting up Sydney and much of the state for record-tilting heat over the coming weekend.
A gigantic, powerhouse winter storm is charging through the North Atlantic and threatens to flood the high Arctic with abnormally mild air.
A man has been struck by a lightning and killed while battling grassfires in central western NSW, as a series of severe thunderstorms swept across the state and delivered a day of wild weather.
A house collapsed, major roads slowed to a crawl, lightning strikes closed the airport and even the Salvation Army needed emergency help as a series of intense thunderstorms drenched many parts of Sydney.
Climate change has long been the target of fake news and its researchers can offer lessons for the wider society in how to handle deliberate misinformation, a leading US scientist said.
A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for heavy rainfall and damaging winds across the Sydney metropolitan, Hunter, Illawarra and Central Tablelands districts.
A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for heavy rainfall and damaging winds in the Sydney metropolitan and parts of the Illawarra forecast districts on Tuesday morning in what is expected to be the city's wettest day since late last year.
Sydneysiders to get a couple of days of relief from the abnormal warmth before another tide of heat arrives, all but assuring this summer will be the city's hottest on record.
Sydneysiders who tossed and turned their way through yet another stifling night can rest assured: relief is on its way on Monday afternoon.
Sydneysiders are sweltering through a hot and sticky Sunday, with temperatures passing the 30-degree mark since 9.30am.
It's 5.40am in Moree, northern NSW, as Ben Adams wakes up and prepares for work.
Canberrans who sweltered through a hot and humid Sunday should brace themselves for an uncomfortably warm night.
Sydney prepares for a hot February weekend ahead of what is likely to be another month of sweltering temperatures.
Early colonists thought weather systems moved from east to west.
As the temperature reaches new heights, so does the sale of air conditioners as Sydneysiders seek out cool relief in their homes.
Sydney has marked its hottest ever month, with extended warm spells setting records at all metropolitan sites.
Sydney's latest summer heatwave has peaked and temperatures are plummeting - but the relief won't last long as another hot spell will arrive within days.
Sydneysiders struggling back to work and school this week are likely to get little early relief - particularly overnight - from the city's record-breaking heat.
NSW students returning to school this week face extreme heat on Monday and Tuesday with temperatures reaching into the 40s for much of the state.
It will be a blazing start to the new school year.
An unusually quiet period for cyclones in the Australian region may come to an end within days.
Showers and possible storms will sweep across Sydney on Tuesday afternoon
Sydney is heading for its hottest ever January at least for overnight temperatures.
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