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Flash floods prompt rescues and warnings for motorists

Residents and businesses face a challenging start to the new year in parts of one state after record rainfall caused flash flooding.

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Australian weather forecast: bureau warns of bushfire danger after heatwave grips east coast

Cooler conditions prevail in Victoria and Tasmania but heatwave warning issued for much of Queensland

The Guardian - AU

Cyclone Tracy 50 years on: a ‘town in terror’ and the unsung heroes of Darwin’s Christmas disaster

Roofing flying through the air, windows shattering, the terror as houses disintegrated – these are the motifs woven through the stories of Tracy survivors

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Victoria prepares for worst fire conditions since black summer as Grampians bushfire rages

Authorities warn travellers and tourists to be alert to emergency warnings with extreme fire danger forecast over much of NSW, Victoria, WA and SA

The Guardian - AU

Christmas Day forecast: high 20s for Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane but hotter elsewhere

BoM meteorologist says Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and NSW will be generally dry and ‘fingers crossed it stays like this’

The Guardian - AU

Queensland authorities release dam water as flooding risks rise ahead of more rainy weather

Two people rescued from floods as sunshine state prepares for more rain, while bushfires burn in Victoria and Top End heatwave persists

The Guardian - AU

Queensland braces for more flash flooding as Sydney swelters and Victoria battles bushfires

Brisbane soaked by up to 127mm of rain in 12 hours, with more than a dozen dams spilling over in the south-east of the state

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Most Of Australia Hit With Hot As Balls Heatwave As Temperatures Set To Reach The High 40s

Talk about hot and bothered.

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Victoria records highest December temperature in five years as Australia swelters under heatwave

Widespread heat recorded across South Australia, Victoria, Northern Territory and New South Wales

The Guardian - AU

'Climate whiplash': threat rises of cascading disasters

Australians are being put on alert: our summers are becoming more erratic, with experts forecasting a season of heavy rain and warm weather - and bushfires.

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Weekend heatwave forecast for NSW and Victoria, with temperatures to top 36C in Melbourne

Extreme heat expected to hit much of South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and inland NSW as central Queensland braces for flooding

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Queensland bracing for another week of torrential rain

Another week of storms is bearing down on Queensland, bringing more than 200mm of rain along the state's central coastline.

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More than half of Australia sweats through heatwave as BoM forecasts more scorching temperatures

BoM expects hot weather to continue across parts of Queensland, Western Australia and Northern Territory next week

The Guardian - AU

Big sky, fierce summer: new line of sight for firies

Drones could help Aussies survive the "age of mega-fires" as climate change drives new fire seasons that are outpacing the disaster response of past decades.

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Residents told stay away as fire burns out of control

Hundreds of residents who evacuated their Queensland town are being told it's unsafe to return as firefighters battle to contain a bushfire threatening homes.

The Guardian - AU

Heatwave to turn parts of Australia into ‘one of the hottest places in the world’ this week

Some of the east coast and the north will bake in a furnace of potentially life-threatening heat, the Bureau of Meteorology forecasts

The Guardian - AU

Wild weather forecast for almost half of Australia with severe thunderstorms and possible flash flooding

Bureau of Meteorology expects ‘damaging winds, large hail and heavy rainfall’ to strike large areas of the country, particularly in the west and south-east

Newcastle Herald

Experts say it's 'unlikely' Hunter will see aurora australis for second night

People headed out to catch the light show on Friday morning.

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Warm weather forecast for long weekend and rugby league grand finals in Sydney

Saturday morning showers will make way for a top of 29C on Sunday and 27C Monday, good news for NRL and NRLW fans headed to grand finals

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Australia may be facing another La Niña summer. We’ve found a way to predict them earlier, to help us prepare

Meteorologists are again predicting a possible La Niña this summer, which means Australia may face wetter and cooler conditions than normal.

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Global heating is making El Niño and La Niña forecasts less reliable, BoM says

Exclusive: Meteorologists say climate change and the amount of heat being added to the oceans make predictions based on the past less reliable

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Get set for more extreme weather across Australia this spring and summer

Australia is no stranger to extreme weather. From heatwaves and droughts to flooding rains, hailstorms or fire weather, our continent experiences it all.

Newcastle Herald

Storm season warning as unsettled conditions forecast for Hunter

The SES is warning residents to be vigilant this storm season.

The Guardian - AU

‘All too common’: win for senior public servant as BoM ditches its appeal in unfair dismissal case

The stoush between Jasmine Chambers and the Bureau of Meteorology began when she took two days of personal leave before a conference

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Fresh winds to hit already battered southeast Australia

The Bureau of Meteorology is expecting another burst of strong winds to hit parts of southeast Australia, where wild weather has damaged homes and cut power.

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