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Wild, unseasonal weather unleashes severe thunderstorms

Wild, unseasonal weather unleashes severe thunderstorms

Unseasonal weather has unleashed heavy downpours and 500,000 lightning strikes across a rain-sodden region and caused chaos, triggering flash flooding.

Wild weather for southeast, as storm threatens Origin I

Wild weather for southeast, as storm threatens Origin I

Wild weather for southeast, as storm threatens Origin I

Wild weather for southeast, as storm threatens Origin I

Heavy rain and thunderstorms have been predicted for the coming days in Australia's southeast, with wild weather possibly disrupting the State of Origin opener.

Highway to the highfalutin': opera hits the outback

Highway to the highfalutin': opera hits the outback

Highway to the highfalutin': opera hits the outback

Highway to the highfalutin': opera hits the outback

Put on your fancy pants and cowboy hats: opera's annual run through a state's outback towns is back. Just look out for flying locusts.

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Bowen to back electrification at UN climate summit

Bowen to back electrification at UN climate summit

Australia and Turkey have revealed the global oil crisis will prompt a major focus on electrification at the United Nations climate talks in November.

Climate agencies to ask AI to predict future disasters

Climate agencies to ask AI to predict future disasters

Artificial intelligence could play a major role in predicting natural disasters around Australia but authorities warn they do not understand it well enough.

Woman killed, dozens of teens rescued in flood chaos

Woman killed, dozens of teens rescued in flood chaos

A month’s worth of rain has hit some regions over 36 hours, with the wild weather leading to a fatal road crash and the rescue of stranded students at a camp.

Climate change risks billions in roads, hospitals bills

Climate change risks billions in roads, hospitals bills

A state has been warned climate change-linked weather hazards endanger almost a fifth of the value of major infrastructure assets.

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Australia's city in a park through an autumn lens

Australia's city in a park through an autumn lens

Australia's city in a park through an autumn lens

Australia's city in a park through an autumn lens

A large chunk of the 5.5 million people who visit the Australian Capital Territory each year do so during Canberra's beautiful autumn.

Heat-safe rentals pushed to protect from quiet killer

Heat-safe rentals pushed to protect from quiet killer

Heat-safe rentals pushed to protect from quiet killer

Heat-safe rentals pushed to protect from quiet killer

Heat stress is already weighing on health and productivity despite being largely preventable, informing a push to reform housing and work safety policy.

Pacific declaration urges end to age of fossil fuels

Pacific declaration urges end to age of fossil fuels

Pacific declaration urges end to age of fossil fuels

Pacific declaration urges end to age of fossil fuels

The newly-inked Tassiriki Call from a group of Pacific nations demands a fossil fuel treaty, the strategic use of international law, and rejects CCS technology.

Cyclone Vaianu leaves clean-up under way in New Zealand

Cyclone Vaianu leaves clean-up under way in New Zealand

Cyclone Vaianu leaves clean-up under way in New Zealand

Cyclone Vaianu leaves clean-up under way in New Zealand

Clean-up crews are at work in parts of New Zealand's North Island after Cyclone Vaianu tore through the region, triggering floods and cutting power.

Evacuations ordered as NZ braces for Cyclone Vaianu

Evacuations ordered as NZ braces for Cyclone Vaianu

Evacuations ordered as NZ braces for Cyclone Vaianu

Evacuations ordered as NZ braces for Cyclone Vaianu

Cyclone Vaianu is forecast to bring heavy ‌rain and winds of up to 130km/h to New Zealand, then pass west of the remote Chatham Islands.

Flood-weary town considers relocating after cyclone

Flood-weary town considers relocating after cyclone

Flood-weary town considers relocating after cyclone

Flood-weary town considers relocating after cyclone

An outback community flooded out by back-to-back weather systems could soon decide on relocating to higher ground amid fears they will be inundated again.

Cyclone on move as flood-weary region watches and waits

Cyclone on move as flood-weary region watches and waits

Cyclone on move as flood-weary region watches and waits

Cyclone on move as flood-weary region watches and waits

A tropical cyclone is about to head towards the Australian coast, putting a flood-battered region on edge again even as it cleans up from another severe system.

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Cat-five Maila set to weaken before Queensland crossing

Tropical Cyclone Maila has strengthened in the sea between Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands and has smashed records as a category five storm.

Cyclone's impact set to push supermarket prices higher

Shoppers will pay more for fruit and vegetables in the nation's most isolated capital city after a tropical cyclone tore through a food bowl region.

New cyclone threat looms for battered far north

A potential cyclone is looming off the Australian east coast, threatening further devastation to a region still cleaning up from the last natural disaster.

'Nature is bashing us': cyclone-hit towns mop up again

Cyclone Narelle left a trail of destruction across Western Australia's northwest in a double whammy for the region, as it grapples with rising fuel costs.

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'Pretty devastating': tourism hit by rare cyclone

One of Australia's most remarkable cyclones may impact a state's tourism sector after leaving a trail of damage across the country.

Crops flattened, towns smashed by rampaging cyclone

Bananas, livestock and vegetables have felt the brunt of Cyclone Narelle as communities clean up following the brutal storm.

'Screaming winds': severe cyclone pummels holiday town

A severe tropical cyclone has hammered a holiday town, ripping off roofs and flooding homes as it winds its way down Australia's west coast.

First snow falls as sudden chill brings wild weather

Eastern states have been lashed with heavy rain and strong winds as skiers rejoice after fresh snow lands the first powder of the season.

Famed outback music festival cancelled after heavy rain

Music festival Birdsville Big Red Bash has been cancelled for 2026 after heavy rains. It's more bad news for live music lovers after the collapse of Bluesfest.

Long-lived cyclone intensifies as it skirts coast

After traversing three states, Cyclone Narelle could intensify into a category five system as it passes a series of isolated coastal communities.

Town on high alert in cyclone's wake amid flood fears

Just when they thought it was safe to forget about the water, residents of a sandbagged outback town are bracing for a second round of flooding.

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