Weather News
Sunday March 12, 2017
Severe storms set to lash NSW and QLD
14:13 EDT
Some of the worst thunderstorms of the season are set to lash parts of NSW and QLD, with a focus on the slopes and plains.
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Blue skies for Taste of Sydney festival
09:50 EDT
Sydneysiders heading to the final day of the "Taste of Sydney" festival today are in for some cracking weather.
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Saturday March 11, 2017
Mungindi robbed of state heat title
16:00 EDT
In late February Moree was awarded the title for most consecutive 35-degree days in New South Wales, but what happened to Mungindi who was leading the race down the home straight? Were they robbed?
We investigate.
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Low but far reaching
14:53 EDT
Auckland has had nearly double its average March rainfall in just a few days, the wind is blowing, the swell is brewing and there's more to come.
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Friday March 10, 2017
Widespread effects from Tasman Low
15:31 EDT
Lord Howe Island is having its windiest spell in eight years this week thanks to a system that is also causing dangerous conditions in Queensland, New South Wales and New Zealand.
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Melbourne temperature see-saw
14:59 EDT
Melbourne's warm week has come to an end.
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Thursday March 9, 2017
NSW gets ready for a second drenching
14:03 EDT
Coastal New South Wales will see a short break in the rain as we
head towards the weekend, but there is more rain on the way.
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Climate change to blame for flatlining wheat yield gains: CSIRO
12:59 EDT
Australia's wheat productivity has flatlined as a direct result of climate change, according to CSIRO research.
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Thunderstorms brewing for SA, VIC, NSW and QLD
12:06 EDT
Severe thunderstorms will become big news over the next seven days as a complex low kicks off the storm risk in SA on Saturday.
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Wednesday March 8, 2017
Summer heat broke 205 records and more extreme weather is to come, Climate Council of Australia reports
17:08 EDT
If you thought the weather over this past summer was off the charts, you weren't imagining things.
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Storms strike Darwin
16:20 EDT
Thunderstorms are rolling across Darwin once again this afternoon.
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Fickle wet season delivers mixed fortunes for farmers in north Queensland
15:53 EDT
The north Queensland wet season has been hit and miss, with coastal areas experiencing monsoon totals close to average, but many already drought-declared southern and western regions so far missing out on decent rain.
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Climate and weather warming together
12:32 EDT
The magnitude of eastern Australia's record-breaking hot summer has been thrown back into the spotlight this week.
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Tuesday March 7, 2017
Ross River virus cases spike in Western Australia after February floods
18:19 EDT
There has been a dramatic increase in the number of cases of Ross River virus in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, following an unseasonably wet summer.
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Flooding remains after Cyclone Blanche
16:26 EDT
The threat of flooding lingers for Western Australia's Kimberley this week following Cyclone Blanche's landfall yesterday.
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NSW landowners to be slugged with emergency services levy
11:52 EDT
From July 1, all landowners in New South Wales will have to pay a new emergency services levy.
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Big waves battering east coast
10:00 EDT
Australia's east coast will see its longest run of big waves since last June's destructive 'black nor-easter' swell this week.
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Monday March 6, 2017
Cyclone Blanche downgraded after crossing WA's Kimberley coast, conditions in NT ease
22:32 EDT
Cyclone Blanche has been downgraded to a tropical low after crossing the West Australian coast as a category-two storm, with rain expected to continue in the Kimberley this week.
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Drought declared as parts of Queensland suffer one of the hottest and driest summers on record
17:53 EDT
The Bundaberg region in Queensland has been drought-declared after suffering through its hottest summer since 1897.
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Soils For Life focuses on capturing more rain through better land management
15:25 EDT
How do you capture every rain drop from the sky, how is it possible and what difference would that make for our farmers?
The Soils For Life organisation is determined to work out how it can capture more rain for Australian farmers and the landscape.
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Signs of drought return in Qld, NSW
15:03 EDT
The first Drought Statement released by the Bureau of Meteorology since last spring shows that rainfall deficiencies have emerged over parts of eastern Australia.
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Cyclone Blanche about to make landfall
12:34 EDT
Tropical Cyclone Blanche will make landfall over Western Australia's Kimberley coast today after passing close to Darwin on Sunday.
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Cyclone Blanche: Darwin spared worst of cyclone as it moves towards WA
06:11 EDT
Darwin is likely to experience further localised heavy rain but appears to have escaped the worst of Tropical Cyclone Blanche, which is moving away from the city.
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Sunday March 5, 2017
Tropical Cyclone Blanche heads for Kimberley coast
18:23 EDT
Tropical Cyclone Blanche is expected to cross the north Kimberley coast tomorrow afternoon between Wyndham and Kalumburu.
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Tropical Cyclone Blanche lashes the NT
12:24 EDT
Tropical Cyclone Blanche has just developed in the Joseph-Bonaparte Gulf, bringing flooding rains and gale force winds.
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Showers and storms spread across eastern QLD and NE NSW
11:48 EDT
It's going to be a wet afternoon and evening for large parts of New South Wales and Queensland.
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Cyclone warning for Tiwis, Darwin, Croker islands as tropical low intensifies
08:23 EDT
A tropical cyclone warning has been issued for Darwin and surrounding coastal and island communities, including the Tiwi and Croker islands.
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Saturday March 4, 2017
Emergency quiz: Test your knowledge on Australian weather and emergencies
17:50 EDT
Worst disasters in history, emergency response, cloud formations and total fire bans.
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Lines leading into the Low
12:50 EDT
Darwin and the surrounding areas have had a foretaste of severe weather to come.
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NSW weather: Flash flooding expected in parts of state and rain for Sydney Mardi Gras
11:24 EDT
A severe weather warning remains in place for large parts of New South Wales, including the south coast and southern tablelands, as they continue to be lashed by rain.
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Sydney's Brisbane-like summer and Brisbane's Rocky summer
11:13 EDT
Sydney and Brisbane both broke their summer heat records, making it feel as if locals moved hundreds of kilometres north for the summer.
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Friday March 3, 2017
Flights cancelled at Sydney Airport as bad weather hits ahead of Mardi Gras
22:18 EDT
Sydney airport is back up and running after a number of flights were delayed or cancelled due to wild weather on Friday night, with more heavy rain expected to lash the city as it hosts Mardi Gras this weekend.
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Cyclone watch issued as tropical low develops off NT coast
18:29 EDT
A low pressure system developing off the Northern Territory coast that may develop into a tropical cyclone is expected to bring a downpour of rain and strong winds to parts of the Top End on the weekend, including Darwin.
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Sydney hail insurance claims hit $186 million as more storms on the way
16:33 EDT
Insurance claims for damage caused by last month's hail storms across Sydney and Wollongong have risen to nearly $186 million, but there are concerns affected homes will be hit again with heavy rains forecast this weekend.
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Hottest weekend in years for Perth
16:19 EDT
While summer in Australia ended three days ago, Perth is about to have its hottest weekend in three years.
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NSW South Coast on flood watch
12:53 EDT
Heavy rain and flooding will target the south coast of New South Wales this weekend, following a wet week further north.
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Summer rainfall in Western Australia breaks records amid mild top temperatures
11:24 EDT
While , and have just experienced their hottest summers on record, Western Australia has had its wettest summer and experienced below-average temperatures.
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Drought-stricken Queenslanders cultivating big business ideas
05:36 EDT
In western Queensland, where drought has dominated most lives during the past five years, the small seeds of big business ideas have started to grow.
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Perfect anvil thunderstorm over the Barossa sends Adelaide eyes skywards
00:03 EDT
A perfectly formed anvil thunderstorm cloud yesterday spread across the northern skies of Adelaide, dumping heavy rain on the Barossa and igniting a Twitter frenzy.
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Thursday March 2, 2017
Cyclone threat looms for Top End
17:11 EDT
Squally showers and thunderstorms will return to the Northern Territory's Top End this weekend as an approaching low pressure system threatens to form into a cyclone.
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Keep River National Park 'lush' after above average wet season rainfall
15:18 EDT
Keep River National Park on the Northern Territory and Western Australia border has already received more than its average annual rainfall this wet season.
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WA weather: Lightning storm creates spectacular show over Perth, blacks out homes
14:57 EDT
A dramatic electrical storm has brought lightning and some rain to Perth, as well as parts of southern Western Australia, leaving thousands of people without power for part of the night.
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Autumn a no-show in South Australia
11:49 EDT
Summer heat has spilt into the start of autumn in South Australia, with today marking Adelaide's fourth consecutive day over 35 degrees.
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Canberra experiences hottest summer on record for daytime temperatures
08:41 EDT
If the long, hot nights and scorching days of Canberra's summer had you complaining â?? the Bureau of Meteorology has justified your grumblings.
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Wednesday March 1, 2017
Sydney weather breaks new record with summer the hottest on record
22:06 EDT
Sydneysiders have endured their hottest summer since records began, with official data revealing records across the city were smashed during the 2016-17 season.
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Last drops of wet season rain forecast for the Kimberley
17:07 EDT
Western Australia's biggest wet season on record is coming to an end, with just one more weak tropical low forecast for next week.
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Sydney's hottest summer
14:55 EDT
Sydney just endured its hottest summer in more than 150 years, setting a number of new records relating to heat.
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Brisbane's summer a record scorcher, Bureau of Meteorology says
13:39 EDT
Brisbane has had its hottest summer on record, with February's average maximum temperature hitting 32.6 degrees Celsius, the Bureau of Meteorology says.
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Will El Nino return in 2017?
12:36 EDT
The chance of El Nino forming during 2017 has recently increased according to the latest El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) wrap-up released by the Bureau of Meteorology on the final day of summer.
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Tuesday February 28, 2017
WA farmers warned recent heavy rain could cause worm infestations in sheep
18:18 EDT
Sheep producers across WA have been urged to monitor signs of increased worm burden in their flocks, following unseasonal downpours across large parts of the state earlier this month.
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Weather News
Severe storms set to lash NSW and QLD
14:13 EDT
Some of the worst thunderstorms of the season are set to lash parts of NSW and QLD, with a focus on the slopes and plains.
Blue skies for Taste of Sydney festival
09:50 EDT
Sydneysiders heading to the final day of the "Taste of Sydney" festival today are in for some cracking weather.
Mungindi robbed of state heat title
16:00 EDT
In late February Moree was awarded the title for most consecutive 35-degree days in New South Wales, but what happened to Mungindi who was leading the race down the home straight? Were they robbed? We investigate.
