The Latest Breaking News from The Bureau of Meteorology

Doctors warn there are biological limits to temperatures we can survive, and exposure to extreme heat can provoke a heart attack

Temperatures in Ouyen and Mildura in north-west Victoria forecast to reach 49C on Tuesday

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As a sodden region prepares for the arrival of a tropical cyclone, flood-ravaged graziers are bracing for the deluge to come as they count stock losses.

Extreme heatwave conditions are sweeping across multiple Australian states, with total fire bans and 40‑plus temperatures.

Australia’s climate is changing rapidly due to rising global greenhouse gas emissions. Extreme weather events such as tropical cyclones, east coast low pressure systems, flash floods, droughts, bushfires, severe storms, and both land and marine heatwaves are becoming increasingly common, as the National Climate Risk Assessment makes clear.

Meteorologists say midweek will be most critical period as multiple states likely to experience consecutive days of extreme heat

Fire danger expected to reach extreme levels in South Australia, Victoria and inland NSW this week

A police officer's courage has been hailed after a man drowned in his vehicle in a swollen river, with severe weather hammering opposite sides of the nation.