Weather News
Sunday April 23, 2017
Far north QLD gets a drenching
09:31 EST
Heavy rain has fallen over Queensland's far north and there is more tropical activity on the cards this week.
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Saturday April 22, 2017
NSW School-children say YES to sunshine
12:51 EST
New South Wales: The Premier State, the state other states love to hate.
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More rain headed for South Australia
11:21 EST
While thundery clouds and showers are clearing over South Australia over the weekend, more rainfall is headed to the southern and southeastern parts of the country early next week.
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Friday April 21, 2017
BOM defends itself over complaints it failed to warn Murwillumbah residents about flooding
18:04 EST
The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has described the floods that hit the New South Wales north coast three weeks ago as a "one in a thousand year event".
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Devastated artists pull together for northern New South Wales flood recovery
16:32 EST
When acclaimed Aboriginal artist Digby Moran opened the door to his studio a fortnight ago, he found more than 80 of his paintings floating in stagnant water.
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Weather forecasters eye tropical low as NT's wet season tipped to get wetter
15:59 EST
Weather forecasters are predicting a tropical low currently building strength in the Gulf of Papua will bring the Top End yet another burst of wet weather ahead of the start of the dry season.
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Friday night lights
15:03 EST
People in some of Australia's southern states could witness the Aurora Australis tonight.
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Spencer's burrowing frog springs back to life in the wet, surviving its gruelling desert habitat
13:30 EST
West of Alice Springs you might find something hiding in the desert sands that is small and knows how to survive its long, dry spells by burying itself until the rain comes.
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Record April rain soaks southern states
09:32 EST
Two month's worth of rain has fallen in agricultural regions of South Australia and Victoria during the last 24 hours, with some areas breaking records for this time of the year.
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Thursday April 20, 2017
Outback deluge transforms Uluru
15:49 EST
Waterfalls have been cascading down Uluru this week as thunderstorms rumble over the Red Centre.
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Late-season warmth in Tasmania
15:46 EST
Parts of Tasmania are having their warmest day this late in the season for almost 50 years.
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Flood-affected farmers in New South Wales call for disaster funding three weeks on
14:28 EST
The macadamia industry is urgently calling for a decision to be made on Category C disaster assistance for its growers in northern New South Wales.
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Wednesday April 19, 2017
Turtle triage gets shell-shocked reptiles back on their feet after storms
15:23 EST
About 30 freshwater turtles injured in wild weather during March are on the slow road to recovery on the Gold Coast.
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Rain looms for Lower Murray-Darling
15:07 EST
Parts of the Lower Murray-Darling Basin could receive a month's worth of rain during the next two days.
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Warm night in parched Adelaide
10:33 EST
Adelaide woke up to its warmest April morning in 10 years but a change is on the way.
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You raise me up: Lismore homes adapted to the flood plain
09:28 EST
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With the beauty of hindsight, one could argue that this town in NSW's Northern Rivers should never have been built where it was.
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Tuesday April 18, 2017
Cyclone Debbie recovery costs to hit Queensland budget bottom line
17:13 EST
The recovery from Cyclone Debbie will cost so much it will dominate the Queensland budget in June, Treasurer Curtis Pitt has warned.
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April sun treating SA, TAS, VIC and NSW so right
15:21 EST
Much of South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales are being treated so right by the April sun, helping it warm five-to-10 degrees above average, the warmest this late in autumn in several years.
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Another peppering of showers for the eastern seaboard
13:37 EST
Showers will again make return to plague the New South Wales and Queensland coast this week, bringing an end to the generally clear and warm Easter weekend.
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Monday April 17, 2017
Northern tropics quiet down
15:56 EST
The tropical low that made Darwin rug up last week has now dissipated of Western Australia's Pilbara coast.
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Electric skies over WA's Goldfields and Southern Interior
11:11 EST
A low and trough is delivering plenty of lightning to southern central WA to finish off the Easter long weekend.
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Escaping a sinking car: Staying put is 'death trap' says Canadian expert
09:15 EST
When news reports started to come in that a car with a mother and three children had plunged into the Tweed River and only one child had escaped, many parents felt a pang of fear.
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Sunday April 16, 2017
Wet start to April after a record-breaking March for Lord Howe Island
12:32 EST
Following a very wet March, Lord Howe Island received another good douse of rain during the first week of April 2017.
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Sun-soaked Easter Sunday for much of Australia
11:17 EST
Now that the sun has risen on Easter Sunday, celebrations are in full swing, with only a few showers in the north and west dampening the mood.
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Erosion threatens weakened mangrove ecosystem in Gulf of Carpentaria
09:38 EST
Mangrove ecologists and Indigenous rangers have expressed dire concern a second surge of mangrove dieback could further damage ecosystems in the northern Australia's Gulf of Carpentaria.
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Horses help in the healing of a flood-ravaged Hunter Valley community
07:37 EST
When Lisa Dyer took on a youth counselling role in the flood-ravaged Hunter Valley community of Dungog two years ago she was heartbroken to see so many disaffected teenagers in the town.
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Saturday April 15, 2017
Cold April morning for parts of NSW
14:00 EST
A number of locations in New South Wales had their coldest April morning in several years, including parts of Sydney.
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Fog blankets parts of NSW
10:32 EST
Residents in some inland parts of NSW awoke to a thick blanket of fog on Saturday morning.
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Friday April 14, 2017
Cyclone Debbie relief approved for Queensland primary producers after political stoush
14:51 EST
Days of argument between the Queensland and Federal governments over cyclone relief funding has ended with a decision to approve Category C funding for primary producers severely impacted by Cyclone Debbie and the flooding that resulted.
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No Easter respite for parts of New Zealand
11:42 EST
Following a few days of heavy rainfall and squally conditions due to a slow-moving front and low, additional severe weather conditions from ex-Tropical Cyclone Cook continue to be felt over parts of Aotearoa.
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Dry Easter for a change
09:48 EST
Sydney and Brisbane are set for a surprisingly sunny and dry Easter.
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Thursday April 13, 2017
Queensland 2011 flood victim lawyers to mediate with Government ahead of 54-day trial
18:54 EST
The Queensland Government and managers of the state's dams have been ordered by the New South Wales Supreme Court to meet with lawyers for 2011 flood victims to try and settle a class action and avoid a lengthy trial.
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Cyclone no-show
17:56 EST
A tropical low near Western Australia's Kimberley District has failed to develop into a tropical cyclone.
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Capricorn Coast tourism businesses say floods cost thousands due to misinformation
17:36 EST
Hundreds of thousands of tourist dollars lost is the verdict from businesses on the Capricorn Coast who say Cyclone Debbie and flooding in the nearby Fitzroy River has cost them dearly.
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Wednesday April 12, 2017
Stephanie King and her two children farewelled at funeral after Tweed River drowning
19:56 EST
A mother and two of her three children have been farewelled at a funeral on the New South Wales North Coast after their car plunged into the Tweed River last week.
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Darwin shivers through record cold day
13:26 EST
Darwin locals have had to layer up like never before during the wet season.
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Cyclone Cook bearing down on New Zealand
13:21 EST
New Zealand is bracing for another round of severe weather, with the remnants of Tropical Cyclone Cook Tropical expected to cross the country later this week.
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Flooding leaves NSW caravan park residents mourning, unsure about future
12:44 EST
More than 50 people are mourning the loss of their neighbour and their homes after a northern New South Wales caravan park was destroyed during recent flooding.
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Cyclone Debbie: Widespread erosion could damage Great Barrier Reef, scientists say
12:33 EST
Polluted water is heading for the Great Barrier Reef in the wake of Cyclone Debbie, Queensland scientists say.
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Darwin weather: Territorians experience coldest April temperature since 1968
11:23 EST
Darwin and the Top End have experienced their lowest April temperature in decades as unusual weather conditions saw rain act like an air-conditioner and cause the mercury to plunge.
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NSW floods: Social media rallies thousands of volunteers for flood clean-up
10:44 EST
As flood warnings and evacuation orders began to spread across Facebook, an inspired few responded with more than a like, share or emoji.
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'It was terrifying': Small Tweed community still reeling from freak flood, dramatic escape
09:55 EST
These families were fast asleep when floodwater came raging down their street and into their homes.
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Cyclone Debbie damage causes Daydream Island resort to close until 2018
07:43 EST
Daydream Island in north Queensland will remain closed until mid-2018 due to substantial damage caused by Tropical Cyclone Debbie.
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Cyclone Debbie: Before and after photos
07:40 EST
Satellite images have captured how some of Queensland's tourism iconic islands and tourism infrastructure has faired after Cyclone Debbie.
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Tuesday April 11, 2017
Cyclone warning cancelled for Tiwi Islands and Darwin
18:32 EST
Authorities have cancelled the cyclone warning for the Tiwi Islands and Darwin area, but are still monitoring the tropical low off the Top End coast.
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Insurers move to clear up flood definition
16:06 EST
When is a storm, not a storm?
The weeks following the severe weather event, which devastated parts of New South Wales and Queensland, is not really a time to be solving riddles.
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Weather News
Far north QLD gets a drenching
09:31 EST
Heavy rain has fallen over Queensland's far north and there is more tropical activity on the cards this week.
NSW School-children say YES to sunshine
12:51 EST
New South Wales: The Premier State, the state other states love to hate.
More rain headed for South Australia
11:21 EST
While thundery clouds and showers are clearing over South Australia over the weekend, more rainfall is headed to the southern and southeastern parts of the country early next week.
