The snow has finally arrived after NSW’s best hydro week in a year
For most of June, the Snowy Mountains looked like they’d skipped winter altogether. Now, 28 cm of fresh snow has fallen at Thredbo, providing a promising sign for the season’s eventual snowmelt contribution to hydropower. Thredbo in New South Wales was reporting 28 centimetres of snow overnight with snowfalls continuing this Friday morning, its nearby neighbour Perisher reported 25 cm, while Mt Hotham […]
India’s worst monsoon start in over a decade – what it means for mining and ports
India’s 2026 southwest monsoon delivered the fifth-driest June since records began in 1901 – with Jharkhand’s Chandan Dam, in the heart of the central mining belt, recording zero storage according to the Central Water Commission. The monsoon arrived three days late to Kerala on Thursday, June 4, 2026, before pausing roughly over the Karnataka/Goa/Maharashtra border […]
El Niño Is Here: What a Potential Record Event Means for Southeast Asia and Australia
El Niño was officially declared in June 2026, raising the prospect of widespread impacts across Southeast Asia, from extreme heat and water shortages to higher energy demand and agricultural stress. The World Meteorological Organization has warned countries to “prepare for it to be severe”, while several global forecast models suggest the event could rank among […]
How El Niño will shape Australian port operations in winter-spring 2026
Australian ports and marine pilots can expect a season of shifting wind and swell patterns through winter and spring 2026, as a developing El Niño brings the likelihood of drier conditions and more variable operating windows across the country’s coastline. Will El Niño develop in 2026? There are clear signs that an El Niño pattern is becoming […]