Tropical Cyclone Kirrily has been upgraded to a “severe” category 3 system as it tracks towards the Queensland coast, with thousands of residents now bracing for their worst fears of 170km/h wind gusts. The Bureau of Meteorology updated their advice about the freak weather system at 3pm AEST, which isContinue Reading
Residents in Queensland, NSW, and Victoria continue to be threatened by “unstable” storms that have ravaged the east coast since Christmas. Storm warnings remain in place for certain areas in the three states as intense rainfall continues to cause riverine and flash flooding. Over half a metre of rain hasContinue Reading
Queensland residents are facing a heatwave just days after “unprecedented” storms wreaked havoc on coastal areas of the state, with some 50,000 properties still without power. Queensland, NSW and Victoria have been hit by several vicious storms in quick succession since Christmas Eve, which downed powerlines, destroyed homes and killedContinue Reading
A ferocious cyclone bearing down on Western Australia is intensifying at such a strength meteorologists are concerned it could surpass its predicted category 4 maximum power and become a category 5 super storm – the highest possible classification. There are warnings Ilsa could bring a year’s rain in little moreContinue Reading
Western Australians are on high alert as some communities prepare to evacuate as Tropical Cyclone Ilsa intensifies off the coast. The Bureau of Meteorology forecasts the severe tropical cyclone is expected to reach landfall between Port Hedland and Broome late Thursday or early Friday. Currently listed as a category 2Continue Reading
Residents along Western Australia’s coastline have warned to leave or bunker down in preparation for a category three cyclone set to hit the state in the coming days. A tropical low, currently about 600 kilometres northeast of Broome, in the Kimberly region, is expected to develop into a cyclone overnight,Continue Reading
A “rare” summer cold snap is set to envelop Australia’s south east plunging daytime maximum temperatures leading it to feel more like spring than February. In the process, some of that sticky, muggy weather should also dissipate over the southern states. But forecasters have said Queensland is set to remainContinue Reading
Wet weather has returned to the east coast after a rare spread of summery days, with heavy rainfall and thunderstorms settling in for the weekend. Sky News meteorologist Alison Osborne said the wet weather would likely stick around over the weekend and into next week for parts of Queensland, NSWContinue Reading
A new map has revealed the parts of Australia at higher risk of bushfires this summer – with flood-ravaged parts of NSW likely to be the hardest hit. After a year of drenching rains and major flood events, grass has grown at an exponential rate and increased the risk ofContinue Reading
Christmas looks likely to be a washout for many Aussies this year with the Bureau of Meteorology predicting a wetter than usual summer along the east coast. Releasing its long-range forecast for summer on Thursday, the bureau said it was especially likely to be wetter along coastal NSW, most ofContinue Reading