Aerial footage has captured the moment a man was rescued from floodwaters while clinging to a submerged excavator west of Sydney, following a rain deluge that resulted in thousands being urged to evacuate immediately. Multiple flood warnings remain in place for catchments across NSW after hundreds of millimetres of rainContinue Reading
Thousands of Aussies have been warned to “evacuate now” or risk becoming trapped, as the east coast braces for “life-threatening” flash flooding and up to 300mm of rain falling in parts of the east coast. Dozens of flood warnings have been issued for catchments in NSW and Queensland as theContinue Reading
A powerful weather system is stirring over the east coast of Australia, with authorities warning of heavy downpours increasing flood risk, damaging wind gusts and erosive surf. Some parts of Southeast Queensland and eastern NSW could be hit by up to 300mm of heavy rainfall in the 48 hours fromContinue Reading
Southeast Queensland, the Northern Territory and New Zealand are blanketed in the same monster cloud band which will bring rain and likely issues on the roads heading into this Easter long weekend. Lingering effects of ex-tropical cyclone Megan and an associated low-pressure trough are to blame. Brisbane motorists and trainContinue Reading
A bitter cold snap has marked the end of the warmer months as part of the Northern Territory braces for 150mm of rain in 24 hours and multiple states set to shiver through below average temperatures over the weekend, The mercury plummeted across the country’s state capitals on Thursday, reachingContinue Reading
Severe thunderstorms and heavy showers are expected to hammer parts of Sydney just a day after wild storms wreaked havoc across the city. The city was thrown into choas on Monday afternoon when the fierce weather hit, four people rushed to hospital after being struck by lightning while sheltering fromContinue Reading
A FIFO worker has captured the extraordinary moment a menacing looking sandstorm enveloped a work site in outback South Australia. “You could just see it coming and you just thought ‘this is not going to be good’,” Dylan Barlow said on the storm which hit Moomba, in the state’s farContinue Reading
Intense rainfall and life-threatening flash floods could hit large swathes of Australia’s most populous state this week as ex-tropical cyclone Kirrily continues its rampage across the country. The Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe weather warning for the Upper Western region of NSW on Monday as the weather system shiftsContinue Reading
Queensland residents are being urged to brace for life-threatening severe weather events in what’s being hailed as the “summer of disasters” in the storm-battered state. The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a severe weather warning for western parts of the state as ex-Tropical Cyclone Kirrily continues to wreak havoc withContinue Reading
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