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WeatherHeatwave brings scorchers and warm nights

Heatwave conditions are set to linger for days in much of Australia's southeast, with warm nights as well as scorching daytime temperatures forecast.

WeatherExtreme heat wave hits southeast Australia

The mercury will pass the 40C mark across large swathes of NSW, Victoria and the ACT as southeast Australia cops a weekend heatwave.

Tiffanie Turnbull

WeatherWA cyclone fizzer as tropical low weakens

Communities in WA's Pilbara and Kimberley regions have been told an approaching tropical low is no longer expected to develop into a cyclone.

Michael Ramsey

WeatherMercury climbs ahead of southeast heatwave

The mercury will pass the 40C mark across large swathes of NSW, Victoria and the ACT as southeast Australia cops a weekend heatwave.

TC LucasWA braces for first cyclone of summer

Western Australia’s Pilbara and Kimberley regions are bracing for a tropical cyclone with communities being urged to prepare themselves and tourists told to evacuate.

WeatherWarning as WA's north braces for cyclone

People camping or travelling in caravans in Western Australia's north are being warned to take shelter ahead of Tropical Cyclone Lucas.

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Hedland SES: ‘Remain cautious and continue to prepare’

A blue alert remains in place from Beagle Bay to Port Hedland, including Broome but not the Port Hedland township, as a tropical low expected to develop into a cyclone continues to loom off the NW.

Sam Jones

Batten down the hatchesMayor slams ‘complacent’ locals over ‘cyclone parties’

With the first cyclone of the season currently bearing down on the State’s North West, Port Hedland mayor Peter Carter warned the last thing you want is ‘people intoxicated in a cyclone’.

Ben O'Shea

WeatherHeatwave brings fire risk for NSW and Vic

Temperatures in the 40s are on the way for residents of the southern part of NSW, the ACT and the northern part of Victoria.

Hannah Ryan

Sun’s out!Perth’s perfect Australia Day forecast

Perth locals will be happy to know they can expect a “very pleasant” Australia Day with a sunny 31C predicted.

Peter Devlin

WeatherTropical cyclone may hit WA Pilbara coast

Parts of Western Australia's Pilbara region could face damaging winds and heavy rainfall from a potential tropical cyclone in coming days.

Michael Ramsey

WeatherHeatwave for NSW ahead of Australia Day

Parts of NSW will suffer through heatwave conditions over the weekend, with temperatures up to 15 degrees above average expected.

Tiffanie Turnbull

Weather'Severe' Victorian fire warnings expected

Victorian fire authorities are bracing for a busy weekend, with temperatures forecast to soar into the 40s through northern areas.

VideoWATCH: Deluge causes spectacular Brisbane CBD waterfall

The triple-digit rainfalls that inundated parts of the southeast on Monday night have left their mark in spectacular style in the heart of the Brisbane CBD. SEE THE VIDEO

Tobias Jurss-Lewis

WEATHER‘Hysterical’: Witnesses recount dramatic floodwater rescue

A woman is “lucky” to have survived flash flooding in Thornlands on Monday night, after heavy rainfall across the southeast.

Nathan Edwards, Danielle O'Neal

WeatherCyclone continues to threaten Qld coast

Cyclone Kimi has churned into a category two system and shifted course again as it continues to threaten far north Queensland.

Marty Silk

Weather‘Very dangerous’ storms dump 106mm in an hour

Two thunderstorm cells continue to move across southeast Queensland this evening. Wild weather saw 106mm dumped in an hour to some regions as the latest alert warned of “life-threatening flooding”. LATEST WARNINGS

Tobias Jurss-Lewis, Jo Glover, Nathan Edwards

Cyclone Kimi‘Unusually unpredictable’: Category 2 Kimi ‘unlikely’ to cross coast

Tropical Cyclone Kimi is packing winds up to 140kmh as it continues to keep forecasters guessing, with authorities saying the Category 2 system was “unusually unpredictable”.

Domanii Cameron, Tobias Jurss-Lewis, Jo Glover

Pilbara coastTropical cyclone warning for WA’s north

Residents in the Pilbara and Kimberley regions are being warned to batten down the hatches as a tropical low forming over WA’s north coast could develop into a tropical cyclone this week.

WeatherEU renewable-energy shift aids environment

The European Environment Agency says the EU's shift from fossil fuel-based electricity to renewable sources has reduced environmental problems.

WeatherTropical cyclone forms in far north Qld

Newly formed cyclone Kimi is forecast to cross Queensland's north tropical coast within a day and could rise to a category two system.

Callum Godde

WeatherTrees down, power out as storms smash southeast

Severe thunderstorms smashed southeast Queensland on Saturday with trees down, power out and 73mm of rain falling in an hour.

Shiloh Payne, Maddie Manwarning, Jesse Kuch, Torny Miller

WeatherRussia pupils sent home in minus 50C chill

Authorities in the Russian city of Yakutsk say schools have been shut due to temperatures of minus 50C.

Ulf Mauder

WEATHERFirst heatwave of 2021 will have southeast sweltering

Queenslanders are being told to brace for hot weather this weekend as temperatures are set to be “about six degrees above average”. CHECK OUT THE TOP TEMPS

Danielle O'Neal, Ellen Ransley