Weather News
Monday July 31, 2017
Weather warning: Storm hits WA's south including Perth
16:10 EST
An intense cold front has hit Western Australia's south, with trees down and minor flooding across the city as the storm crosses the coast.
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Stormy end to a wet month in Perth
14:36 EST
A blustery cold front is battering the nation's southwest today, threatening Perth and surrounding areas with damaging winds, thunderstorms and hail.
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Record-July heat across multiple states and territories
13:02 EST
A large portion of northern and central Australia just experienced its warmest July on record in terms of maximum temperatures.
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Sunday July 30, 2017
Murray-Darling Basin Plan: Irrigation lobbyists offered access to confidential government documents
16:41 EST
The top water bureaucrat in NSW, Gavin Hanlon, has been secretly recorded offering to confidentially share internal government information with irrigation lobbyists — documents he proposed to strip of government logos and share via a special Dropbox account — to assist their lobbying against the contentious Murray-Darling Basin Plan.
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Sneaky last-minute July front for southwest WA
13:59 EST
Just in time for the start of the work week and the last day of July, a cold front will sweep across the southwestern parts of Australia on Monday.
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Wet and Windy For Southwest WA
10:56 EST
Southwestern parts of Western Australia is in for another windy day tomorrow, only three days after its last blast, as the next significant front pushes across the region.
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Saturday July 29, 2017
Melbourne weather: 100kph wind gusts hit Victoria, emergency crews attend hundreds of calls
23:52 EST
Melbourne is mopping up after wind gusts of more than 100 kilometres per hour hit the Victorian capital, while a severe weather warning remains in place across the state.
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Water Police advise to avoid the ocean as wild weather approaches the south-west
19:58 EST
Water Police are urging people across Western Australia's southern half, including Perth, to avoid the sea or ocean amid "atrocious" conditions.
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Unseasonable warmth heads east, taking records with it
14:43 EST
The past few days has seen the warmest July days in more than 50 years in parts of Western Australia, Saturday was South Australia and Victoria's turn and on Sunday the focus will be on New South Wales and Queensland.
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Cold Mornings, Record Warm July Days
12:35 EST
Parts of NSW woke up to a frosty start this morning, with some places recording their coldest night in a number of years, whilst others recorded their coldest night this year.
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South Australia weather: Powerlines, trees down as damaging winds push across the state
12:16 EST
Strong winds have brought down powerlines and caused trees to fall onto homes and roads across parts of Adelaide and the hills.
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Friday July 28, 2017
Victoria weather: Severe weather warning issued for damaging, destructive winds
17:00 EST
A severe weather warning for damaging and destructive winds has been issued for much of Victoria on Saturday, with the state also expecting unusually warm winter temperatures.
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July records falling in WA
16:17 EST
July temperature records are being broken across Western Australia today.
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Storm batters south-west WA as strong winds down trees, damage homes
15:48 EST
A severe cold front over the southern half of Western Australia has uprooted trees and brought down power lines, causing minor property damage — and more severe weather is on the way.
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Southern states brace for wild weekend
13:17 EST
Unseasonably warm weather and damaging winds will sweep across Australia's southern states during the next three days ahead one of the strongest cold fronts so far this year.
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Horror bushfire season forecast for NSW with early start predicted, RFS says
09:57 EST
New South Wales could be heading for a horror bushfire season with the first fire expected in a matter of weeks, according to the Rural Fire Service.
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Cow that survives 70-kilometre swim in Cyclone Debbie floodwaters gives birth
08:49 EST
A cow that survived a 70-kilometre, three-day swim through floodwaters in the wake of Cyclone Debbie has just given birth to a healthy male calf.
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Thursday July 27, 2017
Adelaide thunderstorm: Two men treated in hospital after lightning strikes
20:50 EST
An Adelaide crane worker has suffered an electric shock when lightning hit the machine he was working on as a storm passed through the city about midday on Thursday.
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Relationship building between city and country with spirit levels and spiritual support
17:47 EST
For many years, Stewart Cuddy has been a Sydney lawyer attending an Anglican parish in one of Sydney's most affluent suburbs.
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Strong front to lash southern WA tonight
15:04 EST
A strong cold front crossing the southwest corner of Western Australia tonight could cause damaging, possibly destructive, wind gusts in some areas.
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Snow keeps getting deeper in July
11:09 EST
The snow depth in Australia's alps has increased during the past four consecutive weeks as July continues to make up for a sluggish start to the season.
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Wednesday July 26, 2017
Man hurt after awning collapses 'like a bag of spuds' during Mount Hawthorn downpour
20:18 EST
A man has been injured after being hit by an awning that collapsed during heavy rain in the northern Perth suburb of Mt Hawthorn.
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Cyclone Debbie farmers on long road to recovery in north Queensland
16:06 EST
Some north Queensland farmers are slowly getting back to some kind of normalcy as they continue to recover from Cyclone Debbie.
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July rain stacking up in Perth
14:47 EST
Perth was soaked by heavy showers this morning, continuing a trend of frequent wet weather in the city this month.
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Fire threat looms amid record winter warmth
10:50 EST
Unseasonable and potentially record-breaking July heat will elevate fire danger ratings across parts of southeastern Australia this weekend.
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Murray-Darling Basin: Angry communities call for inquiry after Four Corners pumping revelations
09:59 EST
Broken Hill's Mayor has joined other angry community leaders in calling for an inquiry into the operation of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan.
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Tuesday July 25, 2017
Murray-Darling Basin Plan: Taxpayer-purchased water intended for rivers harvested by irrigators
18:09 EST
Billions of litres of water purchased by taxpayers to save Australia's inland rivers are instead being harvested by some irrigators to boost cotton-growing operations, in a policy failure that threatens to undermine the $13 billion Murray-Darling Basin Plan.
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Windy night ahead for NSW, Vic
18:04 EST
It's going to be a blustery night in parts of eastern NSW, Victoria and Tasmania with damaging gusts possible in some areas into tomorrow morning.
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Weekend warmth to challenge records in NSW
12:21 EST
Record-breaking July warmth could affect parts of NSW this weekend before a strong cold front sweeps over the state.
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Monday July 24, 2017
Western Queensland drought leaves graziers facing more impossible choices
18:11 EST
For the first time in four years western Queensland sheep grazier Peter Clark has lambs in his flock, but as drought maintains its stranglehold on the region he may still be forced into another heart-wrenching stock reduction.
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Brisbane thawing out after cold start
16:38 EST
Brisbane is enjoying a warm day after its coldest morning in two years.
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Waterspout rips through Perth suburb
12:21 EST
A waterspout rattled Perth's coastal suburb of Scarborough on Sunday, sending cars - and social media - into a spin.
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Brisbane weather: city shivers through coldest morning in two years
08:11 EST
Brisbane felt more like Canberra in the early hours of today, recording its coldest morning since July 2015.
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Sydney weather: Man killed, two rescued as wild surf conditions continue to batter NSW coastline
00:23 EST
A man has been killed while fishing off the rocks at Merry Beach and two men have been rescued from a capsized boat at Bate Bay as the NSW coast continues to be battered by dangerous surf conditions.
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Sunday July 23, 2017
New Zealand storms: Clean-up underway as Christchurch and Dunedin residents survey damage
23:51 EST
Emergency services and council workers are assessing the damage in Christchurch and Dunedin, as the clean-up begins in Timaru and Otago after a severe storm battered New Zealand's South Island.
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Flooding rainfall event over NZ also blankets alps in snow
14:45 EST
A complex series of troughs, fronts and an associated low pressure system led to heavy rainfall across New Zealand's South Island this weekend, also resulting in a fair bit of snow over the Southern Alps.
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NSW basks in spring warmth: Will it last?
12:19 EST
Over the next few days parts of NSW will experience significantly warmer-than-average days with high pressure over the region bringing westerly winds from the interior.
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Melbourne water supply could be under threat within a decade, water authority says
09:44 EST
Melbourne's water providers have begun planning for a possible water crisis, as a new report suggests the city could start running out of water within a decade.
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Saturday July 22, 2017
Dry winter exacerbated by frost over growing regions
12:43 EST
Winter has made itself felt in recent days over the southeastern inland but not in the form of rain bearing cold fronts.
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Friday July 21, 2017
Canberra's cold, dry start to winter
14:47 EST
Canberra is known for its cold weather, although this winter has been even colder - and drier - than usual.
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Late-week frost covers eastern Australia
13:49 EST
It's a frosty end to the week across much of eastern and southeast Australia, with parts of four states experiencing their lowest temperature in two years this morning.
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Thursday July 20, 2017
Warm week ahead for NSW
15:10 EST
Sydney is about to take a break from winter, with a run of warm and spring-like weather on the cards for NSW next week.
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Alps looking good after abundant July snow
14:19 EST
Australia's alps have bounced back from a woeful start to the season, with today marking three consecutive weeks of snow gain.
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BOM strike: Bureau of Meteorology staff to take industrial action for next three weeks
00:44 EST
Staff at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) are going on strike for three weeks, after being locked in an ongoing dispute over pay and conditions for three years.
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Wednesday July 19, 2017
Change spreading through Queensland
15:40 EST
Parts of central Queensland are having their warmest July day in more than 20 years today, while the southeast shivers.
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Tasmanian irrigators look to the skies for rain to fill dams in new irrigation scheme
14:20 EST
Farmers who have signed up to two new irrigation schemes in Tasmania are anxiously looking to the sky for signs of good rainfall.
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Snow north of Newcastle, Tasmania next in line
11:37 EST
Snow has fallen on the Central and Northern Tablelands of NSW today as a pool of cold air spreads across the state.
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West Australian farmers grow feed in refrigerated cabinet to keep stock fed during dry winter conditions
11:00 EST
Farmers in Western Australia's eastern Wheatbelt are trying to drought proof their farm by growing sheep feed in large refrigerated cabinets on farm.
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Tuesday July 18, 2017
Winter takes a break in Qld, NSW
17:03 EST
It was a spring-like day in parts of Queensland and NSW today, although a return of wintry weather is just around the corner.
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Another turbulent day in South Australia
14:11 EST
Strong winds continue to buffet South Australia today following the heaviest rain in more than a year in some parts of the state.
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Now Temperature
At Darwin Ap
18:20 CST
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Weather News
Weather warning: Storm hits WA's south including Perth
16:10 EST
An intense cold front has hit Western Australia's south, with trees down and minor flooding across the city as the storm crosses the coast.
Stormy end to a wet month in Perth
14:36 EST
A blustery cold front is battering the nation's southwest today, threatening Perth and surrounding areas with damaging winds, thunderstorms and hail.
Record-July heat across multiple states and territories
13:02 EST
A large portion of northern and central Australia just experienced its warmest July on record in terms of maximum temperatures.
