Environment
Weather
Summer's sting in the tail: Sizzling temperatures arrive just in time for final weekend
Sydney's long, hot summer looks set to leave with a sizzle and a sting in its tail.
- by Megan Gorrey
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Wild winds lash Victoria, leaving a trail of damage and thousands without power
Powerful winds battered Melbourne suburbs on Monday night, causing a cruise ship to get wedged up against a pier and dozens of trees to fall.
- by Daniella Miletic & Melissa Cunningham
Weather
Welcome relief from heat as mild snap to hit Sydney this week
A welcome drop in temperature late on Monday is expected to hang around until the end of the week.
- by Jenny Noyes
Weather
Health warning as smoke threatens to blanket western Sydney
A blanket of smoke threatens to blanket homes in the Blue Mountains and western Sydney on Sunday as winds fan blazes in Hunter region.
- by Jenna Clarke
Weather
'Cyclone swell' set to hit NSW coast sparks weekend surf warning
Beachgoers have been warned hefty waves are set to crash into Sydney beaches as a cyclone swell triggers powerful surf conditions along the east coast.
- by Rachel Clun & Megan Gorrey
Extreme weather
'Horrendous': Hot spell is turning a normally verdant part of NSW dry
A long hot, dry spell in the Hunter Valley is transforming the region.
- by Peter Hannam
Bushfire
People ignore 'catastrophic' alerts, go to look at fires, study finds
People tend to delay preparations to defend themselves or confirm the need to leave ahead of a bushfire until they can observe the blaze directly,
- by Peter Hannam
35 years ago: A freak dust cloud envelops Melbourne
First published in The Age on February 9, 1983
- by Tim Thwaites and Robert Whitehead
Heat is on in Sydney as number of extreme days nudges higher
Australia's mean temperatures have been increasing at the rate of about 0.15 degrees every 10 years in recent decades.
- by Peter Hannam and Nigel Gladstone
'Perfect spot, wrong weather': Sydney misses out on super blue blood moon views
People shared their disappointment with the cloud cover on social media.
- by Rachel Clun
Making buildings brighter could help cut extreme heat, say Australian researchers
Making cities and farm fields more reflective could reduce extreme heat by up to 3 degrees Celsius.
- by Laurie Goering