Environment
Weather
'Looking brilliant': Ideal weather descends on alpine resorts
Clear skies, light winds and the deepest snow pack this early in the season for almost two decades make the next few days the perfect time to hit the slopes.
- by Peter Hannam
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Extreme weather
Warming Pacific 'primed' for possible El Nino forming by this spring
Farmers beware: a build-up of warm water in the eastern Pacific has lifted the odds for an El Nino forming late this spring, the Bureau of Meteorology says.
- by Peter Hannam
Melbourne
Weather
Heavy rain: 200 calls for help as SES races to save Craigieburn homes
Get your snow gear ready, because Victoria's alpine resorts are more than knee-deep in snow. Some are experiencing their best snow depth in almost two decades.
- by Nicole Precel & Benjamin Millar
Weather
Cold snap forecast to bring coldest day so far this year
Sydney is set to shiver through a cold Sunday, but the cold is good for those heading to the snow.
- by Rachel Clun
Extreme weather
Sydney's autumn hottest on record with more than half the days above 25C
Most of Sydney posted the hottest autumn, beating records set just two years earlier, with more than double the typical number days exceeding 25 degrees.
- by Peter Hannam
Extreme weather
Mild, dry winter ahead for south-east Australia as cold fronts head offshore
Odds are against a cold and damp winter after Sydney posted its second warmest autumn on record and southern Australia had its driest March-May since 1902.
- by Peter Hannam
Weather
Sydney on track for hottest autumn on record
Despite a dip in temperature for the rest of this week, the city is set to record it's hottest autumn ever.
- by Jenny Noyes
Fire & Rescue
Smoke leaves parts of Sydney with air twice the hazardous level
The smoke from weekend hazard reductions was still covering Sydney on Tuesday, and it's not expected to clear until Wednesday.
- by Rachel Clun
Extreme weather
Sydney's warm, dry spell to extend another week as El Nino risks rise
Sydney is in for another week of dry and unseasonably warm weather, as odds begin to tilt towards climatic conditions that would favour much more of that.
- by Peter Hannam
Extreme weather
Sydney shivers as severe weather whips, soaks nation's south-east
Sydney shivered through its coldest day since last winter but dodged the worst of wild weather that brought snow across the ranges.
- by Peter Hannam
Extreme weather
Snow blankets Central Tablelands as cold snap moves through NSW
The same complex weather system has also caused havoc in Tasmania and Victoria with record rainfall and flash flooding.
- by Rachel Clun