Weather News
Monday May 15, 2017
Late-week soaking looms for eastern Australia
12:03 EST
A substantial late-autumn rain event will affect Australia's eastern states and territories during the second half of this week.
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Thick fog covers Brisbane, delaying flights, reducing visibility on roads
11:32 EST
Thick fog blanketed Brisbane this morning, reducing visibility on the roads and diverting flights away from the city's airport.
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Northern Territory cattle stations mustering fat cattle after above-average wet season
09:15 EST
With an above average wet season, high beef prices, and heavier cattle Mt Sanford Station is one of many Top End pastoral properties looking at a good year ahead.
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Sunday May 14, 2017
Wet and windy end to the weekend in southwestern Australia
09:49 EST
After a mild Saturday, it looks like Mother's Day celebrations in southwestern WA may have to remain indoors, in the afternoon at least.
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Air quality improving in Sydney and Perth
09:35 EST
Hazard-reduction burning in the east and west brought a hazy start to the weekend in both Sydney and Perth.
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Saturday May 13, 2017
Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra and Perth dampening for mum
14:03 EST
Mums in Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra and Perth will have to watch out for rain on Mother's Day if they're heading out.
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Friday May 12, 2017
Southern WA soaking
14:16 EST
More than a month's worth of rain has fallen in southern parts of Western Australia during the last 24 hours
The deluge was produced by a trough and low pressure system moving across the region from west to east.
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Waterspout in Sydney
12:09 EST
A waterspout was spotted off the coast of Sydney this morning.
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Thursday May 11, 2017
Spirit of Tasmania crash in Port Melbourne could have been avoided, report finds
20:41 EST
An accident which saw the Spirit of Tasmania II crash into a pier at Port Melbourne with 120 passengers onboard last year could have been prevented, according to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB).
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Drought declarations revoked but 70 per cent of Queensland remains dry
17:27 EST
Drought has slightly loosened its grip on Queensland, but nearly 70 per cent of the state remains drought-declared, despite declarations being lifted in 11 shires.
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Flower moon on display
16:32 EST
You may have noticed that last night wasn't as dark as it usually is.
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Fiji next in line for late-season cyclone
11:13 EST
Tropical Cyclone Ella is approaching Fiji and could cause severe weather across the country's eastern island groups from tomorrow.
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Wednesday May 10, 2017
Rain looms for NSW after dry start to May
10:44 EST
It has been a dry start to May across New South Wales, although some decent rain could be on the horizon.
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Why rain can make the sunrise and sunset burn more brightly
09:54 EST
From hot pink sunrises to burning orange sunsets, Tasmanians have been witnessing a light show like no other lately â?? and it is all thanks to a little help from some rain.
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When disaster strikes this farmer bakes a pav
09:09 EST
For the past six years, Tasmanian beef farmer David Brown has been leaving his farm for weeks at a time to volunteer across the country.
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Tuesday May 9, 2017
Cool and wet in Queensland
19:40 EST
Cloud over central and southeast Queensland is keeping a cap on temperatures and bringing a decent bout of late-autumn rain in some areas.
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Cyclone Donna Update
12:00 EST
Parts of New Caledonia will be battered by wild weather as Severe Tropical Cyclone Donna passes close to the country's east during the next 24 hours.
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Monday May 8, 2017
Mondayitis amplified by cold morning
16:13 EST
An icy start in New South Wales and the ACT made it even harder than usual to get out of bed this morning.
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Kansas crops pummelled by severe blizzard at crucial 'boot stage' for wheat
15:15 EST
Farmers in the United States' largest wheat producing state are nervously waiting to assess the damage from a severe blizzard that blanketed Kansas with between 15 and 60 centimetres of snow.
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Toxic weed 'Barkly Strangler' makes resurgence on Northern Territory cattle station
12:11 EST
A weed dubbed the 'Barkly Strangler' has reappeared on a Northern Territory cattle station following a good wet season.
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New Caledonia braces for Cyclone Donna
11:23 EST
Severe Tropical Cyclone Donna is heading towards New Caledonia after causing a trail of damage in northern Vanuatu on the weekend.
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Cyclone Debbie: Disaster hardship payments not reaching all farmers
07:06 EST
Farmers whose crops were destroyed or damaged in Cyclone Debbie are being denied much-needed hardship payments because the criteria and evidence needed is too strict, or some live just blocks from eligible zones.
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Sunday May 7, 2017
Showery winds increasing on Queensland coast
13:53 EST
Increasing showery winds along the Queensland coast have potential to bring almost a month's worth of rain to some areas this week.
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Cold start to working week for NSW
12:54 EST
The pleasant autumn weather that most of NSW has experienced this weekend will quickly be forgotten when people get out of bed on Monday morning.
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Vanuatu feeling the force of severe Tropical Cyclone Donna
10:39 EST
A cyclone that has been threatening the Pacific nation of Vanuatu has intensified to a category four system, according to a local weather expert.
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Saturday May 6, 2017
Unseasonable warmth returning to WA
13:49 EST
Western Australia's southwest is about to experience unseasonable warmth similar to that of only three days ago, which was the warmest May day in five-to-15 years.
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Surf on the way for the East Coast
13:05 EST
A severe tropical cyclone north of New Caledonia will send waves to southern Queensland and northern NSW, while a Tasman Low will generate big swells for NSW, eastern Victoria and Tasmania early next week.
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Friday May 5, 2017
More snow for Tasmania
15:54 EST
Tasmania is in for another blast of wind, rain and snow this weekend.
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Queensland 2011 floods: New study 'should be used to charge fairer insurance premiums'
13:47 EST
Insurers should use a new study of the Brisbane River catchment to reduce premiums for flood insurance, a leading hydrologist and the Mayor of Ipswich have said.
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Vanuatu braces for 'severe' Tropical Cyclone Donna
10:00 EST
A category three tropical cyclone headed to Vanuatu may intensify further by the time it hits the Pacific Island nation this weekend, a local weather expert says.
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SA Power customers to miss blackout compensation as supplier claims 'force majeure'
09:07 EST
Some 30,000 Adelaide householders and businesses will miss out on compensation payments due to a liability clause.
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Thursday May 4, 2017
Good Samaritan offers to pay rent for homeless Murwillumbah flood victims
18:23 EST
An anonymous donor has agreed to pay three quarters of the rent of a homeless single mother of five over the next 12 months, after hearing her story on the ABC's 7.30 program.
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Rain potential for Perth
17:40 EST
Perth's 38 day dry-spell may come to an end tonight.
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WA council claims natural disaster relief scheme will cost Australian taxpayers millions
17:18 EST
A regional WA council says a lack of trust in local government from other tiers of government, and an onerous natural disaster relief system, will cost Australian taxpayers millions of dollars.
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Cyclone Donna threatens Vanuatu
16:27 EST
Tropical Cyclone Donna is intensifying as it bears down on Vanuatu.
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Farm theft and floods inspire anti-crime ramp and floating fence
12:29 EST
A Hunter Valley farmer has developed an anti-theft cattle grid and a floating fence in a bid to prevent on-farm crime.
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Wednesday May 3, 2017
Murwillumbah flood victims desperately waiting for housing assistance
23:54 EST
Since her flooded rental house in Murwillumbah was declared uninhabitable after the remnants of Tropical Cyclone Debbie devastated the region four weeks ago, Michelle Campbell has found it difficult to tell her children what is happening.
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Tuesday May 2, 2017
Fiery skies in the east
14:31 EST
Early risers in eastern Australia woke up to a spectacular sunrise this morning.
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May snow in Tasmania
14:30 EST
There were wintry scenes across Tasmania this morning as temperatures plummeted in the wake of a cold front.
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Phenomenal wet season sees Northern Territory pastoralists optimistic at its end
13:00 EST
Northern Territory pastoralists are 'extremely optimistic' about the year ahead with the Bureau of Meteorology recording the Top End's third wettest 'wet season' on record.
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South Australia's Port Germein jetty reopens for second time in a year after storm damage
12:38 EST
Recent repairs to South Australia's Port Germein jetty are hoped to strengthen it against future storms.
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Monday May 1, 2017
Temperatures drop in Tasmania
16:47 EST
A cold front will cross Tasmania on Tuesday morning bringing a wintry blast and low level snow.
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No Perth rain in April for first time since 1982
14:58 EST
No rain fell in Perth at all during the month of April for only the fourth time in the past 140 years, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
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Will we have a good snow season this year?
10:45 EST
There were two decent rounds of alpine snow last month and much of Australia's southeast shivered through their coldest temperatures in at least six months last week.
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Sunday April 30, 2017
Colder showery change moving through southern states
16:08 EST
A front is bringing a colder showery change to southern Australia, dropping temperatures by five-to-10 degrees.
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North Queensland chills
09:54 EST
Some inland areas of Northern Queensland have had their coldest April morning in at least 60 years.
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Saturday April 29, 2017
Fog and low cloud glooming southern Australia
14:41 EST
Large areas of southern Australia can expect a foggy start to the next few mornings, reducing visibility for the first few hours, even in the southeastern capitals.
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Dry taste for tropics
11:51 EST
The strongest southeasterly wind surge since last Dry Season has swept out any lingering sticky humidity from the summer over a large swathe of the central and eastern tropics.
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Weather News
Late-week soaking looms for eastern Australia
12:03 EST
A substantial late-autumn rain event will affect Australia's eastern states and territories during the second half of this week.
Thick fog covers Brisbane, delaying flights, reducing visibility on roads
11:32 EST
Thick fog blanketed Brisbane this morning, reducing visibility on the roads and diverting flights away from the city's airport.
Northern Territory cattle stations mustering fat cattle after above-average wet season
09:15 EST
With an above average wet season, high beef prices, and heavier cattle Mt Sanford Station is one of many Top End pastoral properties looking at a good year ahead.
