Is Australia a great place for offshore wind farms?
Australia has some of the best offshore wind resources in the world, which are set to be captured by facilities scattered across our vast coastline in several years time. The offshore wind industry is booming internationally, as countries...
Stormy week for eastern and northern Australia
It’s going to be a big week of stormy weather in eastern and northern Australia, especially around midweek, with the potential for severe thunderstorms, large hail, and brief bursts of heavy rainfall which could cause flash flooding. Take a...
Storms soak Red Centre, Eastern Australia next in line
Rain and thunderstorms have been soaking Australia’s Red Centre this week, with Alice Springs picking up more than a month’s worth of rain last night. A broad area of low pressure interacting with a moisture-laden air mass has produced...
Western Sydney’s cooling centres provide summer refuge
As temperatures continue to soar in western Sydney, councils and local government have set up centres to keep locals cool this summer. Penrith in Sydney’s west was momentarily dubbed the hottest place on Earth when it recorded a...
Tropical Cyclone Mal heading for Fiji
Tropical Cyclone Mal is set to sideswipe Fiji overnight as a Category 2 or Category 3 tropical cyclone. Tropical Cyclone Mal developed into a tropical cyclone on Monday evening and has since increased in strength to a Category 2...
Emergency Warning reissued for Dolphin Sands fire in Tasmania
A fire that destroyed buildings and stranded residents in Dolphin Sands on Sunday night has continued to burn into Monday, forcing the Tasmania Fire Service to reissue an emergency warning. An initial Emergency Warning was issued for an out-of-control...
Over one million lightning strikes hit WA
Severe thunderstorms developed in the Gascoyne and Central West districts of WA on Sunday, lashing the region with fierce wind gusts and intense bursts of rain. Over one million lightning strikes were detected in WA on Sunday...
8 million lightning strikes captured by our lightning network this week
More than 8 million lightning strikes were detected over the Australian region in the past week during a prolonged outbreak of thunderstorms that will continue into the middle of November. Late-spring is always a ripe time for thunderstorms...
