Heat reprieve for some but others set to swelter again
Millions of Australians will wake to cooler conditions after a day of record-breaking heat, though not everyone will escape the scorching temperatures.
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Millions are bracing for record heat across multiple states, with Melbourne due its hottest day since the devastating Black Saturday of 2009.
Households sweltering through record-breaking heat have been assured the electricity grid can withstand a massive surge in demand for cooling.
Emergency crews have begun door knocking to urge more than 1000 residents to leave their homes as firefighters battle a large blaze and a severe heatwave looms.
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‘Very serious’ heat warning with records under threat
Temperatures are expected to reach the mid-40s in some towns and cities on Australia as southern states swelter through a record-breaking heatwave.
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Bushfires rage as heatwave grips Australia’s southeast
Smoke has blanketed a major city after a bushfire drew within striking distance of a rural town during a widespread heatwave.
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Residents brace for heavy rain as Luana heads inland
Residents of Western Australia's north coast are bracing for heavy rain as Cyclone Luana tracks inland, despite the storm running out of steam.
Extreme weather is threatening to derail the long weekend, already disrupting holiday plans and major sports events.
Australia has just experienced its worst heatwave in six years but it's set to become much more common under existing policies to curb carbon emissions.
Thousands of emergency incidents have been recorded as storms pummel Australia's east coast, leaving one woman dead.
Eastern parts of Australia remain under a dangerous thunderstorm warning, with a wet weekend forecast to bring widespread storms and possible flooding.
The world clocked its third hottest year on record in 2025 and is on track to surpass the 1.5C Paris Agreement threshold by the end of the decade.
Stock losses are mounting and some communities are looking at months of isolation in the wake of a former cyclone after widespread flooding.
Residents are without power and drinking water as the clean-up from ex-Tropical Cyclone Koji gets under way, with the system slowly tracking inland.
Communities are on alert as category one cyclone Koji inches towards far north Queensland with up to 200mm of rain recorded overnight
Three people missing in Victoria's bushfires are safe and well, although dozens of properties have been destroyed at multiple fire scenes.
The southeast of Australia is enduring some of its hottest temperatures in nearly a decade as a brutal mix of heat and wind prompts alarm from authorities.
Residents of the saturated far north are preparing for another round of severe weather as a dangerous system approaches the Queensland coast.
As temperatures soar above 45C across Australia, simply staying alive is the number one priority for heat-stressed humans and animals.
