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Northern Australian monsoon set to strike this week, with heavy rainfall for Queensland and the Northern Territory

It’s been a long build-up to the monsoon for residents across northern Australia, with their faith...

Fine weather to start the summer of cricket in Perth

After a delayed start to the Australian cricket season due to the World Cup in India, the first...

High-end severe thunderstorms are expected to impact central Victoria on Wednesday, including Melbourne

A volatile thunderstorm day will unfold across Victoria on Wednesday, with highly populated areas...

Jasper the ghost no more: Re-intensification underway and eyeing off the North Queensland coastline

Tropical Cyclone Jasper barrelled across the western Coral Sea late last week, through the weekend...

Catastrophic fire danger and scorching temperatures one day to heavy rain and flooding the next for South Australia

The oppressive heat hammering parts of South Australia will go out with a bang on Friday ahead of...

The Biggest Storm System of the Season is Coming

After knocking out power and damaging homes across Adelaide last night, a complex low pressure...

Queensland in for a week of soaking

Southeast Queensland, Australia, is bracing for severe weather conditions this week. The forecast...

Eastern Australia Preparing for Damaging Hail

A weekend of storms looms for parts of Australia, with significant large hail activity forecast for...

Severe storms to return to the east coast

A thunderstorm outbreak will commence on Wednesday afternoon for eastern Queensland and NSW -...

Severe thunderstorms to strike Victoria and Tasmania over the coming days

Thunderstorms will return to the southern states this week bringing the threat of large hail,...

Increasing rainfall looms for parched areas of Queensland and NSW over the next 10 days

This is not a drill; Rainfall will increase across parts of Queensland and NSW over the next week....

The Australian Tropical Cyclone season officially begins today

Australia’s Tropical Cyclone season has officially begun, running all the way through until April...

Dry Lightning Strikes: Aggravating Southern Qld Bushfires

An extreme fire danger is forecast for the Darling Downs region of Queensland on Tuesday and parts...

The rains have returned to thunderous applause

It was the most hotly-discussed weather content on the internet for the better part of a week, and...

Welcome rainfall on the way for northern NSW and southern Queensland

After 20 consecutive days without rain, the longest period since a 21-day stretch over May into...

How to prepare for bushfire season

This year's fire season has well and truly begun, and as we approach another Australian summer, the

2023–24 severe weather outlook

As summer unfolded in the Northern Hemisphere, Australians observed with growing concern the series...

Victoria – from fires one day to flooding the next

Victoria and Melbourne specifically are often known for having four seasons in a day, but how...

Widespread severe weather outbreak to hammer several states

While we saw extreme heat across the country over the weekend, this week will see the return of...

Sydney to swelter for the NRL Grand Final – with an increasing fire weather threat

NRL Grand Final attendees won’t just be treated to a cracking game of football as two of the...

Thunderstorms return to South Eastern Queensland

The afternoon of Thursday 28 September will see thunderstorm activity return to South East...

Severe Weather Update - Storms for Eastern NSW and VIC

Residents of northeast Victoria, southern and central NSW, including the ACT, should be prepared...