Albany welcomed the first day of summer with a scorching weather record on Monday, with Albany Airport’s reading of 35.9C rating almost five degrees hotter than the past December 1 record set 75 years ago.
Jacki Elezovich
Consultants ‘at the trough’ have been blamed for the staggering $96.5m bill for the controversial redesign of the Bureau of Meteorology’s website, with revelations it was part of a wider $800m systems overhaul.
Caitlyn Rintoul
Australia is heading into a volatile summer, with the Bureau of Meteorology confirming a La Nina and warning of hotter, drier months ahead.
Alexandra Feiam and Andrew Hedgman
While beachgoers swarmed to the coast to cool off amid swelting temperatures, those charged with looking after them warned that ‘too many people’ were taking unnecessary risks.
Rhianna Mitchell and Jessica Evensen
The city has hit a new weather record.
Jessica Evensen
Perth could set a new record for the hottest start to summer on Monday, with the mercury set to soar to a scorching 37C.
Tahnee Graham
Following a spate of extreme and dangerous weather events smashing the country this month, experts say most Aussies are underprepared.
Alexandra Feiam
A vicious storm has ripped the roof off a home and destroyed a shed at the Warwick Turf Club, as wild weather continues along the east coast.
Alexandra Feiam and Emma Kirk
Federal parliament has been temporarily interrupted by a blackout, as wild weather sweeps across Australia.
Nathan Schmidt
Severe storms have claimed the life of a 76-year-old man on the Central Coast, while Sydney's train network faces major disruptions from the dangerous weather.
Blake Antrobus and Alexandra Feiam
An insurance catastrophe has been declared after severe storms, while other residents are bracing for a catastrophic fire danger, as the wild weather continues in Australia.
Clareese Packer, Emma Kirk and Alexandra Feiam
After one of the wettest winters on record, The Bureau of Meteorology has revealed its long-range summer forecast — and it’s extreme.
Amy Cavender
More severe thunderstorms, potentially packing dangerous giant hail, are forecast for communities in two states, as a clean-up for the last storm continues.
Allanah Sciberras and Aaron Bunch
Cloudless skies? Check. Packed beaches? Check. Backyard barbies firing up? Absolutely.
Ibanez Taylor
Severe storms have left one man dead and more than 100,000 residents without power as damaging winds whip across large swathes of the nation.
Tom Wark and Robyn Wuth
The four star resort — which was midway through a huge renovation — was unrecognisable on Tuesday morning.
Insurers have declared a devastating hail storm that hammered two states a catastrophic event after more than 16,000 claims were lodged within 24 hours.
Robyn Wuth
A political storm has erupted as the Bureau of Meteorology's chief executive is forced to defend the agency's eye-watering $96.5 million website overhaul.
Allanah Sciberras
One of Australia's most remote luxury wilderness resorts has been flattened by Tropical Cyclone Fina as it crossed the coast as a powerful category three storm.
Aaron Bunch
WA is in for a wet Monday, as parts of the State prepare for an intensified severe tropical cyclone to make landfall.
Tegwen Bescoby
The near-universally loathed new Bureau of Meteorology website cost taxpayers $96.5 million, rather than the $4 million it originally claimed.
Ben McKay
Kimberley residents have been urged to prepare to take shelter as a category four tropical cyclone inches closer to WA.
Claire Sadler
It was a noisy and sleepless night for Darwin residents as Cyclone Fina's extreme wind and rain battered, banged and shook everything in its path.
Lloyd Jones
Authorities have issued a fresh warning for residents in the State’s north to prepare for dangerous weather after Tropical Cyclone Fina was upgraded to a category three on Saturday.
Hannah Cross
