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  Several large fires continue to burn across southern Qld today, creating smoke plumes so large that they can be seen by satellites sitting more than 35,000 km above Earth’s surface. A wet spring followed by an unusually dry...

A late-summer heatwave will touch part of every state and territory in Australia this week as heavy tropical rain causes flooding in parts of Qld and the NT. A relatively stagnant weather pattern will cause two distinct types of...

Norfolk Island just endured a direct hit from a category 2 tropical cyclone but barely had winds reach the strength of a category 1 system. So how did they escape the worst and how lucky was it? What weather...

Australia saw its warmest sea surface temperatures on record in 2022, with an annual average sea surface temp that was 0.80°C above the long-term (1961 to 1990) average. What’s remarkable about the 2022 sea surface temperatures (SSTs) is that:...

  Tropical cyclones and heatwaves are both Australian summer staples, but did you know that a tropical cyclone can lead to a heatwave? A heatwave in Australia, but particularly for the southeast, is often triggered by a special kind...

Tropical cyclones are one of the most powerful weather systems on Earth, with top-tier cyclones producing wind gusts in excess of 300 km/h, torrential rain and dangerous storm surges. But what is it like to be in the direct...

It promises to be a nervous few days for the 2200 residents of Norfolk Island, as a dangerous tropical storm develops in the Coral Sea and tracks southwards. At this stage, the weather system is still classified as a...

  Here it comes: a brief burst of wintry weather set to lash southeastern Australia over the next 24 hours or so. See the huge speckled airmass down in the Great Australian Bight? It’s a feature which indicates cold,...