Get settled in for a wet, rainy weekend to herald in the winter season as the 5000km rain cloud band continues to move across the east coast of the country. The Bureau of Meteorology forecasts the cloud band will continue its journey east throughout the coming days and is setContinue Reading
Sydney’s record-setting rainfall is forecast to drag on for another week at least, with Australians across central and eastern parts of the country also in for a wet weekend. The Harbour City recorded more rain in the first six days of May than the monthly average of 117mm — andContinue Reading
A tropical cyclone will likely form off the coast of the Northern Territory in the coming days, with destructive 110km/h winds forecast to hit towns. A severe weather warning and a flood watch are also current on Saturday as residents prepare for the weather system to make landfall likely onContinue Reading
An “active monsoon” battering large swathes of Australia’s north has dumped as much as 200mm of rain and raised fears of flooding, with more wild weather on the way. The monsoon trough extending from the Northern Territory to Queensland’s Torres Strait is expected to continue to develop on Tuesday asContinue Reading
Anyone hoping for an end to the severe weather battering all parts of the country will have to wait months, with warnings that more extreme rain and temperatures are on the way for the remainder of summer. This summer is likely to be remembered for floods and cyclones, with QueenslandersContinue 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
Weather wise, there’s good news and bad news. The good news is the torrential conditions, which have brought dangerous storms, are easing and so the next few days should be far calmer particularly across the east. The bad news is the weather system causing all the drama could be preparingContinue Reading
Much of the country is looking at a wet week ahead as parts of Queensland and NSW recover from several days of severe storms. Golf ball-size hailstones bombarded eastern regions of the NSW and Queensland border on Wednesday and Thursday, with a series of thunderstorms expected across the country nextContinue Reading
“Nasty” storms are set to intensify on Wednesday and Thursday over eastern parts of Australia. Severe thunderstorms will batter regions in NSW’s northeast and Queensland’s southeast on Wednesday, with meteorologists warning Aussies to brace for large hail and damaging winds. Areas around Lismore in NSW could be bombarded by massiveContinue Reading
Temperatures have plunged to freezing temperatures in Queensland as a cold front moves across the southern states. Residents in the sunshine state were shivering on Monday night as the mercury dipped to -7.7 degrees in some parts. According to the Bureau of Meteorology, it was the coldest July since 2019Continue Reading