Australia weather

Temperatures surge in south-eastern Australia as high winds blast parts of NSW and Victoria

Parts of Sydney and south-west New South Wales faced elevated fire danger on Friday as high winds and unseasonably warm temperatures pushed through south-eastern Australia before a cooler, more...

Falling tree kills woman as severe weather sweeps across Victoria and Tasmania and into NSW

A woman has been killed by a falling tree on the New South Wales-Victoria border as a severe...

NSW battens down as wild weather sweeps across Victoria and Tasmania

Residents in New South Wales are hunkering down as a severe weather system bringing damaging winds bears down...

Tasmanians prepare to evacuate amid major flood warning as Victorians warned of destructive winds

Tasmanian emergency services were urging residents and businesses along the Derwent River to prepare to evacuate on Sunday,...

Sydney records hottest August day since 1995 as Australia swelters through warm winter

Sydney has recorded its hottest August day since 1995 as parts of Australia swelter through a warm and windy end to winter, and what...

Warm and windy end to winter in NSW and Queensland with hot spring weather to follow

Parts of Australia are bracing for a warm and windy end to winter, continuing a trend that is almost certain to make this month...

Sydney records hottest August day in seven years amid high fire danger from warm, windy weather

Sydney has recorded its hottest August day in seven years as unusually warm and windy weather sweeps across New South Wales, triggering high fire...

Victorians warned against driving in tree-dense areas as one of winter’s biggest storms blows in

Wild weather and wind are expected to persist for days in several states as authorities warn Victorians and Tasmanians to batten down and prepare...

Warnings issued as wild thunderstorms expected to sweep over South Australia, Victoria and NSW

Millions of Australians are bracing for power outages and dangerous driving conditions as wild thunderstorms sweep across three states. Thunderstorms were developing over Adelaide and...