Motorists are being encouraged to switch on headlights and maintain a safe braking distance.
Zosia Melanczuk
Perth residents lapped up the warmest July day in 32 years with temperatures reaching almost 26C on Wednesday afternoon.
Claire Sadler and Troy de Ruyter
Insurers are charging Australians more than $3000 a year for home cover in some cities, as three main factors push premiums to new highs.
Cameron Micallef
Perth will bask in glorious winter sunshine today — but don’t get too used to it because a soaking, and even the threat of severe thunderstorms, is about to sweep across the city.
Troy de Ruyter
Intense rainfall is expected across China when Bavi, currently classified as a tropical storm, begins to release all the moisture it has been holding.
Staff Writers
Typhoon Bavi is lashing eastern China, uprooting trees and forcing more than two million people to evacuate as it weakens to a tropical storm.
Taiwan is battening down while China is still counting the dead from Typhoon Maysak, as Typhoon Bavi looms as possibly the most destructive storm in years.
Joe Cash, Yimou Lee and Mariko Katsumura
Fog blanketing suburbs across the Perth metro area has triggered a warning to drivers.
Brooke Rolfe
Cloudy skies may have dominated the weekend and more rain is on the way today and tomorrow — but the sunshine is set to return temporarily.
Europe sweltered in the continent's worst-ever heatwave in June, with France, Belgium and the Netherlands recording 3700 excess deaths in that time.
Sudip Kar-Gupta and Inti Landauro
An unexpected flurry of snow has surprised skiers who were left disappointed by an underwhelming start to the snow season in Australia.
Jackson Robb
Scientists have uncovered why Antarctica became engulfed by ice millions of years before the Arctic.
Will Dunham
Earth Sciences New Zealand has confirmed El Nino conditions have been reached and are set to influence the Pacific nation's weather into 2027.
Perth locals are bracing as a storm is set to hit the city on Tuesday morning, bringing strong winds and bucketing rain as the winter weather rages on.
Fraser Williams
Experts are warning of severe flash flooding across parts of Australia this week, with a surprising relief for some who are eagerly awaiting ideal snow conditions.
Josephine Quattrocchi and Jackson Robb
Perth isn’t out of the woods yet, with another burst of wild weather set to lash the city after a weekend of storms across WA.
Amy Cavender
The Department of Fire and Emergency Services is responding to a growing number of calls for assistance across the State, with the total now reaching 37 incidents.
Sophie Gannon and Tegwen Bescoby
Tropical storms Mekkhala and Higos have put parts of eastern and western Japan on alert, prompting authorities to issue an evacuation order.
Chang-Ran Kim and Ann Wang
A powerful storm has lashed New Zealand, toppling trees, grounding flights and leaving thousands without power.
Millions of Aussies have been warned to hold onto their raincoats and umbrellas with days of wet weather ahead.
A sizzling Europe is bracing for more casualties from an "apocalyptic" heatwave that scientists say is the worst ever recorded on the continent.
Juliette Jabkhiro, Bart H Meijer and Friederike Heine
West Aussies are bracing for a weekend of wild weather as The Bureau of Meteorology issues a severe weather warning.
Warnings remain in place as the cold front continues to barrel its way across the State.
Tegwen Bescoby
Perth and large parts of WA are bracing for a wild weekend of rain, thunderstorms and dangerous coastal conditions as a powerful cold front barrels across the State.
