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Sydney in a scorcher on the final day of summer
We may be saying goodbye to summer on Thursday, but the season is going out with a bang as a heatwave brings sweltering temperatures to Sydney.
- by Jessica McSweeney
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Cruel Summer: Sydney Swifties should prepare for a hot and stormy show on Friday
The city is expecting thunderstorms, but Swift is no stranger to wild weather during her shows.
- by Nell Geraets
Everything you need to know to navigate Sydney’s Taylor Swift chaos
With a helping hand from AI, state authorities say they are ready for tens of thousands of people to descend on Olympic Park. But what if it rains?
- by Anthony Segaert
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Flash flooding as rain drenches Sydney for second day
Sydneysiders were again drenched by heavy rain, but the worst of the thunderstorms has passed.
- by Jessica McSweeney and Anthony Segaert
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75,000 lightning strikes, mass train chaos: Sydney hit by storms
Tens of thousands of homes and businesses were left without power and four people were hospitalised after being struck by lightning.
- by Anthony Segaert and Jessica McSweeney
Swimmers warned after steep rise in diarrhoea cases
There have been almost 500 cases of cryptosporidiosis so far this year, a marked increase on the five-year average. Here’s how to avoid it.
- by Angus Thomson
Sydney’s most elusive beach is vanishing – when will it be back?
Every few years, a mystery beach appears near Bondi, delighting dogs, baffling experts, and enrapturing a combat photographer. But it may be gone within days.
- by Angus Dalton
A beach materialises every few years at Mackenzies Bay
Right next to Bondi, a mysterious beach appears and vanishes once every few years. It’s long mystified experts.
Why a clean, warmer harbour is drawing bull sharks to Sydney
Sea temperatures above 25 degrees and a cleaner Sydney Harbour may be factors in the suspected bull shark attack at Elizabeth Bay on Monday night.
- by Laura Chung, Angus Dalton and Nigel Gladstone
Think last year had weird weather? La Nina may already be on the way back
The event that brought widespread flooding to Australia’s east coast is set for a potential shock return, weather models show.Â
- by Laura Chung
Sydney’s first pop-up cooling hub draws a crowd as the mercury soars
It’s 36 degrees and the temperature is climbing, but in the experimental new heat refuge it’s almost 10 degrees cooler.
- by Laura Chung