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Dangerous weather heading north after record downpours

Dangerous weather heading north after record downpours

Heavy and intense rain is forecast in parts of NSW within days after storms lashed Victoria, with hundreds of calls for help amid record breaking downpours.

Severe thunderstorm warnings as rain, wind hammer state

Severe thunderstorm warnings as rain, wind hammer state

Severe thunderstorm warnings as rain, wind hammer state

Severe thunderstorm warnings as rain, wind hammer state

The Bureau of Meteorology has issued severe thunderstorm warnings for large parts of Victoria, with heavy rainfall, damaging wind gusts and large hail likely.

Rising floodwaters trigger more cyclone evacuations

Rising floodwaters trigger more cyclone evacuations

Rising floodwaters trigger more cyclone evacuations

Rising floodwaters trigger more cyclone evacuations

Almost 400 residents have been evacuated from a remote Northern Territory town battered by ex-Tropical Cyclone Megan, which left some communication severed.

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Cyclone Megan could develop to category four in Top End

Cyclone Megan could develop to category four in Top End

Tropical Cyclone Megan is now a category three system as it moves toward the Northern Territory coast, with the possibility it could intensify to category four.

Storm system could redevelop into a cyclone over state

Storm system could redevelop into a cyclone over state

Ex-Cyclone Lincoln has blasted the Top End with heavy rainfall as it moves west amid a warning it could redevelop into a cyclone off the Kimberley coast.

Communities still in the dark after destructive storms

Communities still in the dark after destructive storms

A dairy farmer is dead and around 135,000 properties remain without power in Victoria after storms knocked down transmission towers and lines.

Thunderstorm warning as heat and humidity linger

Thunderstorm warning as heat and humidity linger

After a sweltering weekend, heatwave conditions are persisting in NSW with high temperatures, energy-zapping humidity and potentially severe thunderstorms.

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Southerlies brush heatwave aside after record night

Southerlies brush heatwave aside after record night

Southerlies brush heatwave aside after record night

Southerlies brush heatwave aside after record night

A cool change is sweeping through NSW, dropping temperatures by more than 10C in an hour after a coast-to-coast heatwave delivered an outback town record.

Heatwave persists as inland temps nudge 50C

Heatwave persists as inland temps nudge 50C

Heatwave persists as inland temps nudge 50C

Heatwave persists as inland temps nudge 50C

Some inland towns have sweltered through temperatures as high as 49.4C as heatwave conditions sent the mercury soaring some 6C to 12C above average.

Inland towns bake in near 50C heatwave temps

Inland towns bake in near 50C heatwave temps

Inland towns bake in near 50C heatwave temps

Inland towns bake in near 50C heatwave temps

A cool change is not expected to sweep across Australia for days as temperatures climbed to the high 40s in vast areas of the nation.

Multiple states swelter amid heatwave warnings

Multiple states swelter amid heatwave warnings

Multiple states swelter amid heatwave warnings

Multiple states swelter amid heatwave warnings

As heatwaves grip parts of Australia, people are being urged to check on their neighbours and the elderly to ensure they are staying safe as the mercury rises.

Power grid pledge as sunshine state feels the heat

Power grid pledge as sunshine state feels the heat

Power grid pledge as sunshine state feels the heat

Power grid pledge as sunshine state feels the heat

As temperatures soar above 40C in parts of Australia, people want to know that the electricity for air conditioners and fans will keep coming.

Scorching WA heatwave spreads east across country

Scorching WA heatwave spreads east across country

Scorching WA heatwave spreads east across country

Scorching WA heatwave spreads east across country

A heatwave is poised to spread eastward across the country after scorching parts of Western Australia with maximum temperatures approaching 50C.

Rain soaks more areas, plus already flooded centres

Rain soaks more areas, plus already flooded centres

Rain soaks more areas, plus already flooded centres

Rain soaks more areas, plus already flooded centres

Far north Queensland is bracing for more rain while still reeling from Tropical Cyclone Jasper with falls of up to 500mm forecast for Northern Territory.

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Flood-hit residents cry out for help with rain ahead

With more rain ahead, residents of flood-hit Degarra in far north Queensland are calling for more help to clean up the destruction of Tropical Cyclone Jasper.

Power back on, school repairs fast-tracked after storms

The race is on to repair schools damaged across Queensland by wild weather but power has finally been fully restored in the state's southeast.

Victorians warned to bunker down for more summer storms

Thunderstorms influenced by tropical humidity could dump as much as 200mm of rain on parts of Victoria as the state braces for widespread flooding.

Storms continue after sparking power outages, rescues

Thousands of Queensland and Victorian homes remain without power as thunderstorms and flooding continue to wreak havoc in parts of eastern Australia.

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Heavy rain, flood threat dampen start to new year

The risk of flash flooding is threatening communities in two states as heavy rain brings a soggy start to the new year and many people are still without power.

North feels the heat as temperatures soar into new year

Hot conditions will continue to roast parts of northern Australia into the new year, with temperatures expected to exceed 40C.

New Year's Eve thunderstorms for northern NSW, Q

The last day of 2023 has brought heavy rain and hail for parts of Australia with flash flooding around Coffs Harbour on the NSW north coast.

Parts of Australia set to swelter into a new year

A heatwave is gripping parts of northern Australia with temperatures 8C to 12C above average forecast in some areas as the nation welcomes 2024.

Heatwave conditions over New Year's break

Heatwave conditions are set to hit the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia with the mercury likely to hit high 40s in several areas.

Season's first tropical cyclone could impact Qld coast

Tropical Cyclone Jasper has formed 1500km northeast of Cairns as a category one system and is expected to strengthen as it moves towards the coast.

Floods and outages hit two states as deluge persists

Major flood warnings are in place for several river systems in Victoria as the rain persists, while severe storms threaten NSW and Queensland.

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