Rain prompts evacuations as 20-year flood hits hard
Residents have been airlifted to safety as rising floodwaters surge across Australia's Top End fed by heavy rain.
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An unusually long-lasted and destructive weather system that formed over the Australian desert is weakening as a potential cyclone looms elsewhere.
A sodden state reeling from flooding is bracing for more rain as the Bureau of Meteorology waits to see if a Coral Sea low will develop into a cyclone.
Millions are bracing for torrential rains, severe storms and dangerous floods as a tropical low brings unpredictable weather to swathes of the country.
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Flash flooding leads to rescues, evacuations
Flash flooding from more than 100mm of rain falling over three hours in Sydney has prompted evacuations and rescues.
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Queensland cops a drenching with more rain to come
Isolated heavy downpours are continuing across an already soaked state, with forecasters predicting more rain to come.
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Century old records tumble as ‘heat dome’ persists
A stubborn "heat dome" has produced dozens of temperature records as Australia continues to hold the title of hottest place in the world.
Millions of Australians will wake to cooler conditions after a day of record-breaking heat, though not everyone will escape the scorching temperatures.
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.
Temperatures are expected to reach the mid-40s in some towns and cities on Australia as southern states swelter through a record-breaking heatwave.
Smoke has blanketed a major city after a bushfire drew within striking distance of a rural town during a widespread heatwave.
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.
