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Dry year ahead possible for Australia as El Niño brews

There are early signs that El Niño and a positive Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) could team up to cause abnormally dry and warm weather in Australia later this year.

Relentless heavy rain sweeps through Broome

A near-stationary, highly localised area of heavy rain has soaked the West Australian tourist town of Broome, with the Kimberley region’s largest population centre almost topping its average February rainfall in just the last 48 hours.

Week-long soaking ahead for northern Australia

Widespread rain and thunderstorms will affect northern Australia over the coming week, soaking large areas of Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia.

Qld mineral fields awash with rain and Einasleigh again in the firing line

Saturated air is converging over northern Qld, from the east coast to the NT border, dumping heavy rain.

Dry year ahead possible for Australia as El Niño brews

There are early signs that El Niño and a positive Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) could team up to cause abnormally dry and warm weather in Australia later this year.

Relentless heavy rain sweeps through Broome

A near-stationary, highly localised area of heavy rain has soaked the West Australian tourist town of Broome, with the Kimberley region’s largest population centre almost topping its average February rainfall in just the last 48 hours.

Week-long soaking ahead for northern Australia

Widespread rain and thunderstorms will affect northern Australia over the coming week, soaking large areas of Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia.

Qld mineral fields awash with rain and Einasleigh again in the firing line

Saturated air is converging over northern Qld, from the east coast to the NT border, dumping heavy rain.

13 FEB 2026
Rainfall totals top 200mm in NSW/Qld border deluge
Extremely heavy rain continues to fall in the NE corner of New South Wales and SE Queensland this Friday morning, with some locations having recorded more than 200mm in 24 hours.
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12 FEB 2026
Unusual eight-day rainy streak in Alice Springs
When storms set in late on Wednesday night and continued into this Thursday morning in Alice Springs, it made it eight days straight that the iconic Northern Territory outback city had seen rain.
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12 FEB 2026
Queensland flood threat with heavy rain and severe thunderstorms later this week
A multi-day soaking is set to deliver hundreds of millimetres of rain to parts of central and southern Queensland over the next four days, with flooding likely from Friday into the weekend.
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11 FEB 2026
Cold front brewing up summer snow for Tasmania
A strong cold front is barrelling towards Tasmania and is set to deliver summer snow to our southernmost state.
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10 FEB 2026
How does DTN help businesses monitor bushfire induced pyrocumulonimbus thunderstorms that igni
Intense heat from bushfires during elevated fire danger days can trigger fire-induced pyrocumulonimbus thunderstorms that ignite additional fires.
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10 FEB 2026
Rare heavy summer rainfall in southwest WA
Heavy rain is falling parts of Western Australia’s South West Land Division, in what is a relatively unusual event for summer, largely due to the remnants of ex-Tropical Cyclone Mitchell.
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9 FEB 2026
Tropical Cyclone Mitchell lashing WA despite weakening near Gascoyne coast
Heavy rain, damaging winds and abnormally high tides are impacting parts of Western Australia’s Pilbara and Gascoyne districts today as Tropical Cyclone Mitchell edges closer to the coast.
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9 FEB 2026
Widespread rain soaks inland regions and the outback
A widespread belt of rain has drenched parts of every state and territory in Australia, and there’s more to come for many areas as a vast northwest cloudband continues to stream across the country.
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8 FEB 2026
Tropical Cyclone Mitchell lashes the Pilbara coast as landfall approaches
Tropical Cyclone Mitchell intensified into a severe Category 3 system overnight and has been tracking just offshore of the Pilbara coast.
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7 FEB 2026
Tropical Cyclone Mitchell strengthens as Pilbara landfall approaches
Tropical Cyclone Mitchell has intensified off Western Australia’s Pilbara coast, with warnings for destructive winds, heavy rainfall, dangerous surf and coastal flooding over the weekend.
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6 FEB 2026
Tropical Cyclone likely to form near WA coast this weekend
A tropical cyclone is expected to develop near Western Australia’s Pilbara coast this weekend, increasing the likelihood of heavy rain, flooding and damaging winds.
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