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| UpdatedIt's hot outside! Queensland Police Service fry an egg on the patrol car bonnet in Birdsville.
Topics: weather, phenomena, bushfire, birdsville-4482
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| UpdatedAs Queenslanders deal with extreme summer heat and closed beaches, records are predicted to tumble on Sunday in the state's south, the Bureau of Meteorology says.
Topics: phenomena, people, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, maroochydore-4558, southport-4215, toowoomba-4350
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| UpdatedStaying cool in the heatwave this weekend is definitely about substance over style, but scientists reveal some parts of Brisbane are certainly cooler than others.
Topics: phenomena, housing, housing-industry, building-and-construction, urban-development-and-planning, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedSouthern Queensland's blazing temperatures claim an unlikely victim, with Waco the German shepherd succumbing to heat stroke after tracking an offender, as several towns swelter through their hottest February day on record.
Topics: phenomena, warwick-4370, toowoomba-4350, longreach-4730, birdsville-4482, qld, australia
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| UpdatedExceptionally warm weather has gripped southern Queensland in January, with Brisbane recording its warmest ever January night minimum, 28 degrees Celsius, while a low-pressure surface trough will shatter temperature records in February, the Bureau of Meteorology says.
Topics: weather, phenomena, birdsville-4482, brisbane-4000, longreach-4730
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Radio transmitters are inserted into the stomachs of 24 feedlot cattle to monitor their body temperatures, as part of trial investigating the impact of heatwaves on the animals, with an aim to improve their welfare and performance.
Topics: farm-labour, human-interest, animals, livestock, animal-science, animal-behaviour, research, science-and-technology, phenomena, weather, beef-cattle, gatton-4343, toowoomba-4350
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| UpdatedHeatwave conditions are scorching southern Queensland for a second time in just over a week, with paramedics preparing for another spike in heat-related cases.
Topics: weather, emergency-planning, phenomena, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, ipswich-4305, southport-4215, chinchilla-4413, maroochydore-4558, toowoomba-4350, bedourie-4829, birdsville-4482
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| UpdatedA four-day heatwave will begin on Wednesday, bringing the same kind of conditions that saw more than 200 Queenslanders treated for heat stroke and dehydration last week.
Topics: phenomena, weather, emergency-planning, qld, australia, brisbane-4000, maroochydore-4558, southport-4215, toowoomba-4350, birdsville-4482, longreach-4730, mount-isa-4825, bundaberg-4670, cairns-4870, mackay-4740, rockhampton-4700, townsville-4810
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| UpdatedA 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.
Topics: weather, phenomena, rainfall, qld, brisbane-4000, ipswich-4305, southport-4215, toowoomba-4350, maroochydore-4558, thargomindah-4492
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| UpdatedMuch of south-east Queensland is sweltering as residents endure another day of heatwave conditions, with temperatures up to 40 degrees Celsius expected in some areas.
Topics: phenomena, weather, emergency-planning, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, esk-4312, ipswich-4305, gatton-4343, beaudesert-4285, southport-4215, toowoomba-4350, rockhampton-4700, maroochydore-4558, longreach-4730
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Topics: science-and-technology, phenomena, caloundra-4551, caloundra-west-4551
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Topics: phenomena, science-and-technology, caloundra-west-4551, caloundra-4551
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| UpdatedSydneysiders have been treated to a week of vivid sunrises and sunsets after hazard reduction burns and low clouds created perfect conditions for a stunning sky.
Topics: weather, phenomena, photography, human-interest, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedAs the devastating El Nino event begins to subside there's fresh insight into why it's been so brutal.
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| UpdatedThe timeliness and accuracy of official weather information about Cyclone Amos is concerning one Samoan radio announcer.
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| UpdatedThe stunning natural spectacle of Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis are captured from the International Space Station in a new video released by space agency NASA.
Topics: phenomena, astronomy-space, space-exploration, weather, earth-sciences, united-states
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| UpdatedParts of Sydney experience the hottest April day on record, with the weather bureau saying the temperature reached 34.2 degrees Celsius at Observatory Hill.
Topics: weather, phenomena, sydney-2000, bourke-2840
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Gold Coast lifeguards are yet to decide if they will close several of the city's beaches today.
Topics: weather, phenomena, emergency-planning, burleigh-heads-4220
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| UpdatedThere's a need to improve warning systems for all kinds of disasters right across the Pacific.
Topics: weather, phenomena, science-and-technology, pacific, marshall-islands, finland
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Topics: phenomena, newport-2106
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| UpdatedEl Nino is an ocean and atmospheric phenomenon that has a significant impact on our planet's weather. What causes one?
Topics: science-and-technology, disasters-and-accidents, floods, fires, drought, climate-change, environment, phenomena, rainfall, weather, earth-sciences, australia
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It's a scorcher in Sydney today and the chimps at Taronga Zoo have a special treat to try and cool off. Reporter Rachel Pupazzoni takes a look.
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| UpdatedThe Bureau of Meteorology says a direct lightning strike was responsible for knocking the Mackay weather radar offline.
Topics: weather, phenomena, mackay-4740
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The weather bureau is warning more thunderstorms are expected for the Mackay region in north Queensland.
Topics: storm-event, storm-disaster, phenomena, mackay-4740
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More than 100 millimetres of rain has fallen in some parts of southern Queensland as a band of storms moved through the region overnight.
Topics: weather, rainfall, phenomena, stanthorpe-4380, toowoomba-4350, killarney-4373