Residents are returning to their homes after rapidly rising floodwaters and storms pummelled Australia's east coast, prompting thousands of emergency incidents.
Melissa Meehan and Samantha Lock
A woman has died when a branch fell on her car as dangerous thunderstorms lash parts of Australia's east coast, prompting hundreds of calls for help.
Maeve Bannister and Allanah Sciberras
Brace yourselves, the city’s next heatwave is tipped to deliver the second 40-degree scorcher of the school holidays. SEE THE FORECAST.
Natalie Richards
Millions of Aussies are facing a weekend washout as wild weather lashes the coast - with the rain and winds so severe campers have abandoned their holiday plans.
Alexandra Feiam
Anthony Albanese has boosted financial support for outback communities impacted by devastating floods as an ex-tropical cyclone threatens to return.
Robyn Wuth
An extreme heatwave will see parts of WA reach close to 50C.
Brooke Rolfe
Residents are being warned to prepare for severe wind gusts and rainfall that could lead to flash flooding.
Chloe Maher
People in parts of the State are set to swelter through intense heat, prompting a fresh warning from authorities.
Cain Andrews
Residents of isolated communities might be cut off for months, with roads and water supplies damaged by heavy rain left behind by ex-Tropical Cyclone Koji.
Robyn Wuth and Andrew Stafford
A person has died as bushfires tear through a state, with authorities warning it is expected to take weeks to get them under control.
Allanah Sciberras, Poppy Johnston and Tess Ikonomou
A popular Kmart item often used during hot weather has been recalled after a toxic substance was discovered.
Cameron Micallef
Australia faces extreme weather chaos as NSW swelters under 43C heat with total fire bans while up north locals brace for a possible cyclone.
Pamela Rontziokos
A deluge of snow and powerful wind gusts have battered Britain and France, causing travel delays and leaving hundreds of thousands of people without power.
Danica Kirka and Sylvie Corbet
People in the warning zones are urged to prepare for destructive wind gusts.
A saturated state is bracing for more rain and flooding, with a tropical cyclone set to form off the coast before reaching landfall on the weekend.
A gusty southerly change is bringing the first relief to heatwave-affected areas, but communities are warned about the threat of damaging winds and lightning.
Tom Wark
As a sodden region prepares for the arrival of a tropical cyclone, flood-ravaged graziers are bracing for the deluge to come as they count stock losses.
Andrew Stafford and Robyn Wuth
Parts of WA are anticipated to hit gobsmacking temperature highs nearing 50C as a heatwave roasts Australia.
Tegwen Bescoby
Dramatic rescues have taken place as the weather bureau issues a weekend weather warning for nearly 1000km of Aussie coast line.
Blake Antrobus and Aris Schuler-Shah
Flights and trains are delayed and roads are blocked as storm Goretti pummels western Europe with snow and ice.
Inti Landauro, Thomas Seythal and Louise Rasmussen
Communities already smashed by flooding are frantically trying to resupply ahead of more forecast heavy weather.
Andrew Stafford and Laine Clark
The Bureau of Meteorology has issued fire and heat warnings across Australia, with several capitals forecast to top 40C.
Ethan James
Bushfires have ignited on the first day of some of the worst heatwave conditions since Black Summer and authorities warn more is to come.
William Ton and Allanah Sciberras
Five people have died and hundreds of flights been cancelled as large parts of Europe are covered in a blanket of snow and ice.
Staff Writers
