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Storms sweep NSW and Victoria with 21 people rescued from vehicles in Sydney flash floods

SES responds to more than 500 calls for assistance in NSW and warns drivers to take care after heavy rain

The Guardian - AU

Storms may pose new fire threat after states scorched

After scorching heat hit eastern Australia, severe thunderstorm warnings have been issued which may bring another fire threat - lightning.

AAP

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

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Why Christmas Day weather predictions this early in December are basically ‘rubbish’

Some media outlets are already offering forecasts nearly three weeks out – but the BoM advises people to check in on 18 December

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Bushfires force evacuations in Victoria’s west as wild weather menaces Australia’s south-east

Firefighters battle two out-of-control blazes as other communities brace for winds, storms and possible flash flooding

The Guardian - AU

BoM issues severe weather warnings across eastern Australia as thunderstorms bring power outages

Brisbane, Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast, Toowoomba and Lismore forecast to receive worst of wild weather, BoM says

The Guardian - AU

Fire danger in southern Australia as weather bureau warns of ‘damaging winds’ and soaring temperatures

Bureau of Meteorology warns winds will ‘ramp up’ with fire risk in parts of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia

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Damaging wind and rain lash Victoria overnight with snow flurries reported in NSW

SES received more than 300 calls as strong winds and rain felled trees, damaged dwellings, and flooded low-lying areas and river catchments

The Guardian - AU

Flood rescues as Australia's east gets soaked by storms

Emergency crews have rescued two people from a car and others from a home on the NSW south coast, with flooding in Queensland and Victoria.

AAP

Queensland, NSW on storm watch as big wet heads east

Parts of southern Queensland and northern NSW could cop giant hail and destructive winds of more than 125km/h as South Australia's big wet heads east.

AAP

After summer rains ease, autumn set to be hot and dry, says weather bureau

The rain and storms lashing much of the country this week won't last for too much longer, as the weather bureau’s three-month outlook predicts a warm and parched autumn.

ABC News

NSW heatwave drives highest demand for power in three years

Electricity grid ‘held up well’ as state’s residents required 13,136 megawatts on third-hottest March day on record

The Guardian - AU

Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle spares Norfolk Island its strongest winds, but gusts of up to 120 kph forecast for Sunday

Wind gusts of up to 120kph are forecast for Norfolk Island in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle, the impact of which has been less than originally forecast by the Bureau of Meteorology.

ABC News

NSW hit by flash flooding and intense rainfall as Queensland on cyclone watch

Sydney deluge traps people in cars, while residents evacuated from Shoalhaven aged care home

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Sydney forecast to enjoy its first 30C day in almost a year

The city hasn’t gone over 30C since February 2022, and is just eight days off its longest streak of days below that level

The Guardian - AU

Sydney close to breaking 140-year-old record streak of days under 30C

Despite summer heatwave weather in Victoria and Queensland, Thursday is city’s 325th day under 30C at Observatory Hill

ABC News

The Australians fearing their 'worst ever' clean-up amid ongoing flooding

La Niña has begun to weaken but the rain it helped deliver across Australia is still causing devastation for people in all corners of the country.

ABC News

Extreme heat hits South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and New South Wales

Large parts of the country are sweltering through high temperatures for the first time this summer, with South Australia experiencing what is expected to be its hottest day since January 2021.

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Heatwave alert for Australia's north as temperatures tipped to hit 48 degrees this weekend

Parts of Australia are forecast to reach temperatures as high as 48 degrees Celsius this weekend, as large parts of the north bake under some of the hottest temperatures in the world.

ABC News

Drier weather on the cards in latest BOM update as Indian Ocean Dipole switches to neutral

The Bureau of Meteorology's latest climate driver update offers some hope to flood-weary communities, with drier weather on the cards despite La Niña's likely persistence into January or February.

ABC News

Cold snap sends shivers through south-east while north swelters waiting for monsoon

South-east Australia is shivering through a biting cold snap while the north swelters in another episode of Australia's wild weather.

AAP

Two missing in flood-hit NSW town

Emergency crews are in the midst of an urgent search for a man and a woman believed to have gone missing during severe flooding in the NSW town of Eugowra.

ABC News

Parts of Queensland saw record-breaking October weather as extreme heat and heavy rain lashed state, BOM says

New data from the Bureau of Meteorology confirms Queensland copped a record-breaking drenching last month, recording its wettest October in four years and its eighth-wettest on record.

ABC News

The latest on Australia's wet weather: flood levels and the areas to watch

Rain and extensive flooding is expected to impact much of eastern and south-east Australia over the next few days. These are the areas to watch.

Reuters

Australian flood crisis: southeast states on emergency alert

Emergency warnings remained in place on Saturday for parts of Australia's southeast as floods, sparked by days of heavy rain, impacted three states, with hundreds of people having to be rescued from floodwaters.

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