A "bombing low" is brewing off WA. Here’s what makes it dangerous

Explosive cyclogenesis is underway over the eastern Indian Ocean, where a rapidly deepening low pressure system is setting parts of southwest Western Australia up for a wild weekend of damaging to destructive winds, heavy rain, thunderstorms and dangerous seas.

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Extremely windy weekend ahead for southwest WA

Damaging winds are likely for Perth and parts of southwest Western Australia, especially near the coast, as a cold front roars in later this weekend.

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Multiple flood rescues as New South Wales deluge delivers 100 mm in three hours

Heavy rain and thunderstorms inundated parts of New South Wales on Thursday into Friday morning, with the State Emergency Service performing five flood rescues and responding to more than 300 incidents in 24 hours.

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Severe thunderstorms and heavy rain pummelling eastern Australia

Parts of Queensland and New South Wales will continue to endure heavy rain and severe thunderstorms during the next 24 hours.

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    Tasmanian deluge tops 200mm

    Tropical moisture has made its way all the way south to Tasmania, delivering some of the state’s heaviest daily rainfall totals on record for May.

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  • Image for: Wettest spell of 2026 coming to Perth, southwest WA

    Wettest spell of 2026 coming to Perth, southwest WA

    Right on cue for the start of winter, a series of cold fronts will deliver a week of consistent showery weather for Perth and southwest WA, with light showers already scooting through the region on Wednesday morning and heavier rain likely to commence this afternoon or evening.

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  • Image for: Flooding rain to target Tasmania and New South Wales

    Flooding rain to target Tasmania and New South Wales

    Heavy rain will cause flooding in parts of Tasmania on Wednesday, before a developing low pressure system causes further heavy rain and flooding in parts of New South Wales on Thursday and Friday.

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  • Image for: Near record May rainfall in NSW inland city

    Near record May rainfall in NSW inland city

    Heavy rain has fallen across a wide area of eastern Australia, with rainfall totals in the 24 hours to 9am Tuesday exceeding 50mm at several locations in the Central West of New South Wales.

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  • Image for: Unusually persistent low pressure over southeastern mainland

    Unusually persistent low pressure over southeastern mainland

    A large, complex system of low pressure is establishing itself over the southeastern mainland this week, in an unusual set-up for the last week of autumn.

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  • Image for: Rain for every Australian state and territory this week

    Rain for every Australian state and territory this week

    A dynamic weather pattern will cause rain and thunderstorms over large areas of eastern, southern and western Australia this week.

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  • Image for: Coldest May morning in seven years for Perth

    Coldest May morning in seven years for Perth

    Residents of Perth woke up to unseasonably cold temperatures this morning.

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  • Image for: Destructive winds churn 5 metre waves at Lord Howe Island

    Destructive winds churn 5 metre waves at Lord Howe Island

    A powerful low pressure system is spinning over the Tasman Sea with its centre currently located to the northeast of Lord Howe Island.

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  • Image for: Drones to improve hurricane forecasts this season

    Drones to improve hurricane forecasts this season

    Small uncrewed drones will be flown into hurricanes this season, capturing data that should help improve the accuracy of hurricane intensity forecasts.

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  • Image for: Volatile weather returning to Australia's southeast and southwest next week

    Volatile weather returning to Australia's southeast and southwest next week

    A change in the weather pattern over Australia will cause a dynamic mix of weather in the country’s southeast and southwest next week, with rain, thunderstorms, snow and potentially damaging winds on the cards.

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  • Image for: Snowmaking begins in Australia: but how does it work?

    Snowmaking begins in Australia: but how does it work?

    The official 2026 Australian snow season begins on Saturday, June 6, and if natural snow cover is insufficient for skiing and snowboarding on the majority of runs, Australia’s ski resorts will ensure at least some terrain is open thanks to snowmaking.

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