Just as West Aussies thought summer was easing, blistering heat and potential gales are set to hit this weekend.
Amy Cavender
Areas already hard hit by flooding are bracing for another deluge, with a tropical cyclone forecast to cross the coast in coming days.
Andrew Stafford
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Ibanez Taylor
Extreme weather has turned Australia upside down, dumping 12 months of rain in days while tropical lows queue up to pommel the northern coastline.
Euan Kennedy
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An unusually long-lasted and destructive weather system that formed over the Australian desert is weakening as a potential cyclone looms elsewhere.
Robyn Wuth
A tropical low brewing in the Coral Sea has a moderate chance of becoming a cyclone within days, putting flood-damaged communities on high alert.
Parts of WA are set to swelter through an unrelenting heatwave this week.
Chloe Maher
Flash flooding has hit Australia's table grape hub after record rainfall at the peak of harvest season, threatening to inflict major losses.
Robyn Wuth and Andrew Stafford
Several states have been inundated with a ‘once in a generation’ weather event, with residents smashed by the most intense rainfall in more than a decade.
Georgia Palgan, Alexandra Feiam
Severe thunderstorms threaten to dump a “summer’s worth” of rain on one state as meteorologists warn flash flooding could endanger homes and businesses.
A deluge of rain has hit Sydney, with a school forced to send students home after a sinkhole opened up in a busy area for traffic and pedestrians in the city.
Farid Farid and Alex Mitchell
In a disgraceful blow to the community, lifesaving gear worth thousands has been stolen putting locals at risk during an upcoming weekend of wild weather.
Abisha Sapkota
The Bureau of Meteorology is being slammed after a forecast blunder on Thursday morning left Perth residents caught in the middle of a freak storm.
Tegwen Bescoby and Brooke Rolfe
Perth has woken to thunder, lightning and significant rain for the first time in 2026.
Aussies are being urged to stay indoors as half the nation prepares for extreme weather events in the upcoming week.
Perth has woken to thunder, lightning and significant rain for the first time this year.
Weeks of monsoon rain and flooding across central Australia could lead to record flooding at one of the country's natural wonders.
Aussies are bracing for days of heavy rain as a tropical low stalls, bringing the risk of flooding, severe weather, and already broken rainfall records.
Andrew Hedgman
Some 23 people are dead, dozens are missing and hundreds of people have been displaced by heavy rains that have triggered landslides in southeastern Brazil.
Staff Writers
Widespread flooding is expected in the driest regions of Australia as they brace for four years’ worth of rain in one week.
Heavy rain, high winds and life-threatening floods have brought chaos to city and suburban streets as authorities respond to hundreds of emergency calls.
Nick Wilson, William Ton, Robyn Wuth and Allanah Sciberras
Flooding has cut a major rail line, inundated roads and triggered rescues but parts of the country are welcoming potentially drought-breaking rain.
Police have resumed the search for mum-of-six Trisha Graf, who went missing just days before Christmas, however, they ran into a speed bump on Tuesday morning.
David Hannant
