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Seven months after an El Niño associated with hotter and drier weather got under way, conditions have returned to neutralFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Bureau of Meteorology has declared the El Niño weather event of 2023-24 to be over, with odds increasing that its cooler counterpart, the La...

Sydney expected to be badly affected as further downpours and strong winds forecast to lash New South Wales coastSouth-eastern Australia has been experiencing heavy rain since Thursday night, which will continue until Saturday morning local time. New South Wales will be particularly badly affected, with cumulative rainfall totals of 150-200m along coastal stretches.Hourly totals are expected to reach 10-20mm at times, with the worst-affected...

Man jumped into rushing flood waters and tied 74-year-old woman to a tree after she was swept 100 metres downstreamGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA man jumped into rushing flood waters to save a woman swept away into Bendigo Creek, risking his own life to secure her with ratchet straps to a tree, as Victorian towns braced...

Many homes in Jimboomba are still without power. Now temperatures are nearing 40C, and more storms are forecastInside an unassuming hall in Jimboomba, north-west of Queensland’s Gold Coast, Sarah Weir is offering a reprieve from the heat, cool drinks and food, wifi, and even her shoulder to cry on.“There’s been some tears,” she says. Continue reading...

Some households could go without electricity into the new year as state endures high temperatures following extreme weatherAreas of Queensland affected by “unprecedented” storms now face the prospect of days without electricity amid extreme heat.Storms and flash flooding across south-east Queensland have claimed the lives of seven people since Christmas but households have now been warned to prepare for a heatwave. Continue reading...