High impact weather lashes Victoria leaving 500,000 without power
Tuesday’s powerful winds in Vic, resulted in power outages for more than 500,000 customers. According to Victorian Energy Minister Lily D’Ambrosio, this has been one of the largest outage events in the state’s history. The wild weather brought down...
Dangerous mix of weather in Vic, NSW, Tas
It is going to be a wild day for parts of southeastern Australia, with severe heat, catastrophic fire danger, severe thunderstorms, blustery winds and a welcome cool change all on the forecast. This dangerous mix of weather is...
Darwin drenched as tropical cyclone threat looms
Darwin has had its wettest day in 7 years as a tropical low builds strength in the Top End and could become a tropical cyclone later this week. Over the last 36 hours, a tropical low has been building...
Perth struggling to escape summer heat
Even the fabled Fremantle Doctor has been running a fever as Perth gets close to racking up a record-challenging number of 35ºC this summer. Perth suffered a pair of very hot days towards the end of last week, with...
Vic and SA feeling the heat
A severe heatwave will continue to impact parts of Vic and SA early this week, bringing the first catastrophic rating in 14 years to the Wimmera. The heatwave began on the weekend for the southern states, with Adelaide recording temperatures...
Extreme heat and fire danger amid bushfires in WA
Western Australia is set to sizzle during the next few days, bringing extreme heat and fire danger to some parts of the state. A high pressure system in the Bight is directing hot, dry easterly winds over WA...
Another taste of summer weather coming to Melbourne
The longest lasting heatwave Melbourne has seen in a season is expected from late this week, with the heat and wind expected to increase fire danger in Vic. After a relatively quiet December and January on the heat front,...
Flooding in outback Qld, NSW seen from space
Satellites have captured images of floodwaters filling rivers and lakes in southwest Qld and northwest NSW, following heavy rain from ex-Tropical Cyclone Kirrily. Clouds, rain and thunderstorms have been a persistent feature over Australia’s eastern inland during the last...
