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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

The Guardian - AU

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.

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Storm season warning as unsettled conditions forecast for Hunter

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

Newcastle Herald

‘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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About 600 homes damaged, 35,000 without power in Victoria amid wild weather

The south-east of the country is taking a battering and there is more to come as a ‘very strong cold front’ moves through on Sunday

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More August temperature records expected to fall amid warm weather and winds across east coast

Unseasonably strong winds and record-breaking warm weather has been forecast to continue through the weekend

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Brace for Impact, Four Aussie States Will Face ‘Exceedingly Dangerous’ Weather This Weekend

Four Australian states are bracing for "exceedingly dangerous" weather as a series of cold fronts roll in. Find out if you'll be affected.

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Sydney records hottest August day since 1995 as Australia swelters through warm end to winter

Sydney passes 30C on Friday while Brisbane expected to reach mid-30s during weekend

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Man dies after tree collapses on car in vicious storms

A man has died after his car was crushed by a falling tree, as fierce storms continue to batter southern Australia, leaving a trail of damage and power outages.

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Australia urged to show ‘true climate leadership’ as Pacific Islands Forum begins – as it happened

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Record-breaking downpours in eastern Australia put emergency services on high alert

Parts of the Queensland coast copped a battering into Wednesday of more than 100mm in less than six hours

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I heard there’s an aurora coming. How do I check?

Few sights in the night sky are as awe-inspiring as aurora. The vibrant dancing lights – usually seen close to the planet’s poles – are produced by a wind of charged particles streaming from the Sun into Earth’s atmosphere. The resulting disturbances are called geomagnetic storms.

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You’re not imagining it – eastern Australia is much colder than normal for this time of year

Forecasters expect very cold overnight lows until Friday or Saturday, while daytime temperatures should return to average by about Wednesday

The Conversation

Trying to stay warm in bed this winter? In pre-industrial Europe they did it with ten in the bed

Though the Bureau of Meteorology originally predicted temperatures would be higher than the average this winter, those living on Australia’s east coast may beg to differ.

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