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How to see tonight's total lunar eclipse in Australia

A blood moon will be visible across cloud-free areas of Australia tonight, Tuesday March 3.

Tropical cyclone risk increasing near Australia this week

Multiple tropical cyclones could form in the Australian region this week, increasing the threat of severe weather in Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland.

Heavy rain continues in Murray-Darling Basin

Heavy rain continues to fall in the Murray-Darling Basin after some of the biggest 24-hour and 48-hour rainfall totals in years in parts of South Australia, northern and western Victoria, and far western News South Wales – some of which were record-breaking.

Update: Heavy rain drenching South Australia and Victoria, and much more to come

The low pressure system over the country’s interior has been slowly moving southward, as stated in Anthony Sharwood’s story, leading to increased heavy falls over South Australia and Victoria.

How to see tonight's total lunar eclipse in Australia

A blood moon will be visible across cloud-free areas of Australia tonight, Tuesday March 3.

Tropical cyclone risk increasing near Australia this week

Multiple tropical cyclones could form in the Australian region this week, increasing the threat of severe weather in Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland.

Heavy rain continues in Murray-Darling Basin

Heavy rain continues to fall in the Murray-Darling Basin after some of the biggest 24-hour and 48-hour rainfall totals in years in parts of South Australia, northern and western Victoria, and far western News South Wales – some of which were record-breaking.

Update: Heavy rain drenching South Australia and Victoria, and much more to come

The low pressure system over the country’s interior has been slowly moving southward, as stated in Anthony Sharwood’s story, leading to increased heavy falls over South Australia and Victoria.

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Adelaide set for wettest weekend in months in SA deluge
Heavy rain is forecast for parts of South Australia this weekend, including Adelaide, with Sunday in particular likely to be by far the wettest day of 2026 to date for the SA capital.
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27 FEB 2026
Sydney flash flooding after 100 mm in under three hours
Heavy rain and thunderstorms inundated parts of Sydney, the Illawarra and the Central Coast over the last 24 hours, with locally intense falls causing flash flooding in some areas.
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26 FEB 2026
Eastern Australia perfectly positioned for total lunar eclipse next week
A total lunar eclipse will be visible from most of Australia next week on the night of Tuesday, March 3, with eastern Australia in the best position to witness the 'blood moon’ in its entirety.
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26 FEB 2026
Bucketing down in Birdsville and Betoota
The outback deluge continues, with the heaviest overnight falls occurring in the area around the town of Birdsville in far southwest Queensland
It’s a very rare day indeed when one of the wettest locations anywhere in Queensland is Birdsville, which sits at the eastern edge of the Simpson Desert.
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25 FEB 2026
Simpson Desert tropical low causing flooding in four states
A rare weather pattern involving a near-stationary tropical low over the Simpson Desert is causing widespread rain and thunderstorms in central Australia this week, resulting in flooding across four states.
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25 FEB 2026
Mount Isa and Alice Springs break longstanding rainfall records
Mount Isa in Queensland has had its wettest February on record, while the Northern Territory town of Alice Springs has recorded its highest number of rain days in February.
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24 FEB 2026
Rainfall exceeds 100mm where three states meet
Extremely heavy rain has fallen in the region around Cameron Corner, the location where the borders of Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia intersect.
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23 FEB 2026
Rare outback deluge to flood central Australia this week
Two years' worth of rain could inundate parts of central Australia this week, bringing a risk of widespread flooding in what is typically the driest part of the country.
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23 FEB 2026
Adelaide misses out again but big soaking on the horizon
On a Sunday when exceptionally heavy rainfall totals for summer – or indeed for any month – were recorded in some inland areas of South Australia and other parts of southeastern Australia, Adelaide once again frustratingly missed out.
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22 FEB 2026
SA's fine line between dry and flooding rain
Much of South Australia's south, including Adelaide, has been teased by sprinkles of rain while the state's north floods in torrential downpours.
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21 FEB 2026
Remote NT community cops biggest downpour in over a decade
The remote community of Alpurrurulam in the Northern Territory has recorded 250 millimetres of rain since 11pm last night, more than twice its monthly average, and its biggest downpour in more than 10 years.
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