Tens of thousands of homes could be left without power for a week after Cyclone Kirrily tore a path of devastation through northern Queensland. The cyclone wreaked havoc on the state after it was downgraded from category three to category two on Thursday evening. It thrashed Ingham and Townsville, leavingContinue Reading
A series of emergency level bushfires that had Western Australian firefighters on edge over the weekend have been downgraded, but the threat of flare-ups is keeping them on their toes. Firefighters in Perth’s southern suburbs, and the Peel Region just south of Perth, were kept busy over Saturday and SundayContinue Reading
It may still be summer – just – but temperatures across the south and east are set to feel distinctly late autumnal with the mercury up to five degrees below average. Victoria is the current centre of the chillier conditions, but forecasters have said temperatures could come down further northContinue Reading
Temperatures are forecast to rise above 40 degrees across parts of the country over the coming days after southern Australia experienced its coldest spring in 30 years. In the surest sign summer has arrived, parts of northwest Australia have already sweltered through the weekend – at times alternating between theContinue Reading