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Australia just had an unusually strong tropical cyclone season, despite having only six systems named inside Australia’s area of responsibility. The 2022-23 Australian tropical cyclone season officially ran from November 1, 2022, until April 30, 2023. During this six-month...

Surges of tropical cloud and rainfall produced a relatively cool and wet April for large parts of Australia, although a few places in Queensland registered their warmest April on record. Australia’s area-averaged rainfall during April was 41.4 mm, which...

Parts of central and eastern Australia experienced their coldest morning so far this year on Monday, with more wintry temperatures on the way later this week. The first morning of May was a fittingly cold start to the final...

Widespread rain and thunderstorms will affect eastern Australia this weekend and early next week, with parts of eastern NSW expected to see more than 100 mm of rain by Monday. A series of cold fronts and low pressure troughs...

A waterspout was spotted just off the Sydney coast on Sunday. These beautiful and sometimes violent systems are often spotted off the Australian coast at this time of year, so we go through some frequently asked questions about them....

A satellite just captured the shadow of the Moon darting across the Indian Ocean and glancing northwestern Australia during today’s total solar eclipse. More than 20,000 people converged on Exmouth in the far northwest corner of WA on Thursday...

More than 20,000 people are expected to converge on Exmouth this Thursday to witness a rare total solar eclipse, while the rest of Australia will be able to observe a partial eclipse. Solar eclipses occur when the Moon passes...

A blob of warm water lurking beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean is increasing the likelihood that El Niño will develop later this year. The prospect of El Niño in 2023 is not new news. International forecast models...