A weather warning has been issued, with residents told to expect severe conditions over the next several hours.
Katherine Kraayvanger
Australians are set to bask in hot and sunny conditions this Christmas, according to the latest Christmas Day forecasts across the capitals.
Pamela Rontziokos
Get ready to pack your beach bags, bathers and beer.
Jessica Evensen
A new data analysis has pinpointed the exact coastal spots most likely to deliver hot temperatures and blue skies in WA.
Ibanez Taylor
Severe thunderstorms which could dump as much as 100mm on millions of Aussies – along with damaging wind gusts and hail – have been forecast over the coming days.
Blake Antrobus and Eli Green and Pamela Rontziokos
Temperatures are set to hit close to 40C.
Australians remain on high alert after hot weather and erratic winds fuelled a spate of bushfires that have claimed dozens of homes.
Kat Wong
It will be the final full supermoon of the year.
A scorching heatwave is set to sweep across Australia this week, with temperatures climbing above 40 degrees across five states and territories as the hot air mass surges east.
Madeline Cove
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.
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.
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
