The Latest Breaking News from Bureau of Meteorology

With the continent holding enough ice to raise sea levels by many metres if it was to melt, polar scientists are scrambling for answers

Bureau of Meteorology ACT summer report confirms temperatures below average.

It’s too early to say if a return to El Nino is imminent. Nor can we say Australia is about to swing back into drought, as many people fear.

The Bureau of Meteorology released its latest climate driver update on Tuesday, saying the current La Niña has weakened and is “likely near its end”. Most climate models now point to neutral conditions – neither El Niño nor La Niña – through autumn and a trend towards El Niño in…

More alerts for flooding and severe weather have been issued for parts of the region, as residents at one outstation that has been cut off call for evacuations.

Widespread failures in preparedness, response and recovery were exposed in the aftermath of a catastrophic and unprecedented flood that had thousands of people fighting for their lives in and around Lismore. A year on — has anything changed?

The Rural Fire Service says it will have to manage volunteer fatigue as it anticipates a longer-than-usual fire season due to rapidly drying prolific grass growth.

Storms and strong winds have lashed Sydney and the NSW central coast, causing flash flooding, felling trees and leaving homes powerless.

To get a full picture of what the weather is doing requires a presence on far away places — and that means things get a little, or a lot, chilly.

A short, sharp storm has blown through Canberra, bringing hail, strong winds and lightning strikes that caused a fire.

There was one surprising reason the bushfires of Ash Wednesday, 1983, were the worst in more than four decades. The focus of research around the phenomenon changed as a consequence.