Intense late season heat continues for Western Australia’s west

Western inland WA is expected to be the hottest part of Australia this Saturday, as temperatures are expected to soar to the high 30s for the southwest corner, and into the low 40s for the northwest corner.

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Northern Territory next in line for Tropical Cyclone Narelle

Tropical Cyclone Narelle is expected to make a second landfall over the Northern Territory this weekend after causing severe impacts in northern Queensland on Friday.

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Cyclone Narelle makes landfall in northern Qld as category 4 system

Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle has made landfall in far north Queensland, crossing the Cape York Peninsula coast between Lockhart River and Coen as a category 4 system.

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Tropical Cyclone Narelle’s eye is producing lightning – that’s bad news for northern Queensland

Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle is gaining strength over the Coral Sea as it barrels towards northern Queensland, with clear signs that it could intensify further before making landfall on Thursday night or Friday morning.

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  • Image for: Cyclone Narelle to reach category 5 before Queensland landfall

    Cyclone Narelle to reach category 5 before Queensland landfall

    Tropical Cyclone Narelle is forecast to become a powerful category 5 system – the highest tier on the Australian cyclone scale – before making landfall over northern Queensland later this week.

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  • Image for: Sydney storms cause flash flooding, more rain to come

    Sydney storms cause flash flooding, more rain to come

    Severe thunderstorms caused intense rain and flash flooding in parts of Sydney on Wednesday morning, with more rain and storms on the way in the coming days.

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  • Image for: Queensland bracing for severe tropical cyclone

    Queensland bracing for severe tropical cyclone

    A tropical cyclone is likely to hit northern Queensland later this week, with the Bureau of Meteorology predicting a category three severe tropical cyclone to make landfall in the state’s north.

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  • Image for: Autumnal equinox almost here – what this means for Australia

    Autumnal equinox almost here – what this means for Australia

    The Southern Hemisphere’s autumnal equinox will occur later this week, marking the date when day and night are roughly equal in length across Australia.

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  • Image for: Uluru’s wettest day in a decade as heavy rain targets central Australia

    Uluru’s wettest day in a decade as heavy rain targets central Australia

    More than 100 mm of rain has fallen at Uluru over the last two days as a plume of tropical moisture fuels unusually heavy rain in central Australia.

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  • Image for: Flooding in the Daintree after Sunday morning deluge

    Flooding in the Daintree after Sunday morning deluge

    A surge of very moist southeasterly winds is bringing heavy rain to Qld's North Tropical Coast district today, Sunday 15th March.

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  • Image for: Severe Brisbane Storm Stats

    Severe Brisbane Storm Stats

    Severe thunderstorms crossing southeast Queensland with a slow-moving trough on Friday 13th, brought heavy rainfall and flash flooding to the region, with some of the heaviest falls occurring over the Greater Brisbane area.

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  • Image for: Severe storms hit northern NSW, southeast QLD

    Severe storms hit northern NSW, southeast QLD

    Intense thunderstorms are causing heavy rain in parts of northeast New South Wales and southeast Queensland on Friday, with Byron Bay copping 75 mm of rain in just one hour.

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  • Image for: Wet start to autumn continuing for parts of Australia

    Wet start to autumn continuing for parts of Australia

    Rain will soak large areas of Australia during the middle of March, continuing a wet start to autumn that has caused flooding in several states and territories.

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  • Image for: First bite of autumn for SE Australia

    First bite of autumn for SE Australia

    A cold front crossed Tasmania overnight and a second front is surging towards Victoria, ushering in the first relatively cool days of autumn for southeastern Australia.

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  • Image for: Rain radar covers the whole of Tasmania

    Rain radar covers the whole of Tasmania

    Rain is falling right across Tasmania this Wednesday as a cloudband ahead of a cold front covers the entire state.

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