Panic briefly set in among Bureau of Meteorology app users across the country on Wednesday morning when they received a tsunami warning for areas as far inland as Canberra. However, the shocked users breathed a sigh of relief when it became apparent BOM was testing a new tsunami early warning system for Australia. The test … Read more
High fire danger is expected to peak in parts of the country on Wednesday, before rain is forecast to sweep across Australia later this week. Warm, dry conditions and below-average rainfall have contributed to elevated fire risk for parts of Australia, with emergency services warning people to be on alert. “It’s been a mixed bag … Read more
Millions of Queenslanders are set to sweat through the remaining days of winter as a week of “unseasonably warm” temperatures culminates in a scorching Saturday in the southeast. Brisbane is forecast by the Bureau of Meteorology to record maximum temperatures of 30C and above every day except Tuesday (28C) before an expected top of 34C … Read more
People in three states have been put on alert over wild storms with the potential to bring down trees and power lines, triggering outages. Severe thunderstorms are expected to hit much of south eastern Australia on Sunday, extending from western New South Wales to the east of South Australia and much of northern Victoria. Adelaide, … Read more
After a month’s worth of rain drenched Sydney on Saturday, forecasters are warning of another wet week ahead, with rain predicted to blanket the city from Wednesday through to the long weekend. More than 90mm of rain was reported to have fallen over 24 hours across Saturday, with Vivid attractions cancelled and multiple calls to … Read more
Thousands of people on the NSW south coast have been warned to stay indoors with heavy rainfall predicted to last until nightfall. A severe weather warning is current for the Illawarra region south of Sydney due to the risk of flash flooding. The Bureau of Meteorology has warned the hardest-hit areas are likely to be … Read more
The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a new severe weather warning for NSW as parts of the state continue to reel from damaging floods. Damaging winds are expected to hit a 500km stretch of NSW coastline from Tuesday night and not ease below warning thresholds until late Wednesday afternoon. Gusts of about 100km/h are forecast … Read more
The worst is yet to come for an already soggy Sydney, as drizzle from a cold front moving across the state on Tuesday develops into a downpour within days. A separate weather pattern brewing off the east coast is expected to lash the coastal regions of NSW as it moves from the state’s northeast to … Read more
Australians are being warned to prepare for a heatwave that is expected to grip many parts of the country for days. Much of NSW and parts of Queensland, South Australia, West Australia, the Northern Territory and ACT are predicted to cop soaring temperatures until Friday. NSW residents are in for a sweltering period with a … Read more
