Rain, cyclone threat and heatwave: Weekend of weather hazards across Australia
By Tom Saunders
January is the middle of Australia's severe weather season and a multitude of hazards are emerging across the country this weekend.
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As the world warms, our most extreme rainfall is coming down hard and fast
By Tyne Logan
When it comes to extreme rainfall, it is hard for climate scientists to say what's natural and what's caused by climate change, but they do know the most extreme events are dropping more rain, more often. This is why.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-16/victoria-floods-climate-change-and-extreme-rainfall/106237516
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WA farmers grapple with radar outage during wet season
By Jess Baker
A Kimberley pastoralist says the radar will be of little use by the time it comes back online at the end of the wet season.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-16/kimberley-farmers-face-bom-radar-outage/106232438
#Weather #LivestockFarming #BeefCattleFarming #WeatherForecasts #JessBaker
What life was like in 2025 across the planet in a changing climate
By Tyne Logan and Fran Rimrod
Extreme heat, droughts, storms and deadly floods challenged resilience not only in Australia, but across the globe.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-14/climate-change-in-2025-in-pictures-and-graphs/106221436
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Weekend brings fire threat to NSW and possible cyclone to Queensland
By Tom Saunders
The heatwave which has engulfed southern Australia this week has become one of the most intense on record.
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Weather system brews ‘perfect storm’ for abnormally intense heatwave
By Tom Saunders
Southern states continue to sweat through one of the most intense heatwaves on record, and for many regions, including Melbourne and Sydney, the hottest weather is still to come.
What is a pyroCB, a fire-generated thunderstorm?
By Tyne Logan
The fire burning in north-east Victoria near Walwa is now so fierce it is generating its own weather, including a substantial pyrocumulonimbus cloud with lightning and thunder.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-08/what-is-a-pyrocb-a-fire-generated-thunderstorm/106210552
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Community havens help to beat the heat in extreme conditions
By Toby Hemmings and Jacinta Counihan
Retrofitted community centres, surf lifesaving clubs and churches are being opened for the first time as 'heatwave havens' on the NSW South Coast, offering vulnerable residents refuge from the heat.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-08/heatwave-havens-eurobodalla-vulnerable-residents/106204158
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State-by-state breakdown of the heatwave as a 47C day looms for some
By Tyne Logan
A breeze will bring a brief reprieve for coastal areas of Victoria and South Australia today before the heat and fire danger ramps up again tomorrow.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-08/how-the-heatwave-will-play-out-in-each-state/106206670
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Firefighters face challenging conditions in Vic and SA as heatwave begins
Firefighters in Victoria and South Australia are bracing for challenging conditions as a heatwave threatens to bring temperatures of above 45C to some parts of the country.
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Mainlanders may scoff but Tasmania is experiencing a severe heatwave
By Adam Holmes
As Tasmanians make the most of the first heatwave of 2026, authorities are keeping a keen eye on reported high rates of dry grass and other bushfire risks.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-07/tasmania-heatwave-fire-risk-weather/106202982
Towns facing temperatures above 45C as extreme heatwave blasts Australia
By Tyne Logan
The "most significant" heatwave south-eastern Australia has seen in six years is likely to trigger an extreme fire danger alongside searing hot temperatures.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-06/australia-heatwave-most-significant-in-six-years/106200088
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Bureau forecasts moderate chance of cyclone hitting far north Queensland coast
By Rosanne Maloney, Christopher Testa, and Sophie Johnson
The chance of a tropical low off the far north Queensland coast developing into a cyclone is increasing from low to moderate by the weekend, according to the weather bureau.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-05/far-north-queensland-cyclone-forecast/106199464
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Inside the atmospheric clash fuelling supercell storms in Queensland
By Kym Agius
Queensland's Darling Downs has recorded more severe storm warning days than any other region this season — and meteorologists say it is no coincidence.
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Queensland's Christmas forecast a mixed bag
By Jordan Bissell
Queensland's heat is expected to ease on Christmas Day but severe storms are possible around the state.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-25/qld-weather-christmas-day-heat-storms/106177236
Island residents bunker down as Christmas Day cyclone inches closer
By Kelly Gudgeon, Kimberley Putland, Mietta Adams, and Kelsey Reid
Residents on a remote Indian Ocean territory are bunkering down and scrapping Christmas plans as Tropical Cyclone Grant approaches.
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Flood watch for north-west Qld but rain 'best christmas gift'
By Hannah Walsh
It may not be the most welcome weather at the beach, but out in the west, rain is the best Christmas gift.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-24/rain-forecast-christmas-qld-north-west-flood-watch/106173584
When dangerous wind and rain will hit
Pedestrians stood in the rain in San Francisco on Saturday. Benjamin Fanjoy/For the S.F. Chronicle The Bay Area…
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Welcome Christmas rain in the outback while south-east Queensland swelters
By Chloe Chomicki
A tropical low will bring heavy rain and storms to much of Queensland this week while a south-east heatwave persists.
Extreme heat, humidity and storms ahead of Christmas Day
By Tyne Logan
Australia is experiencing a smorgasbord of wild weather in the lead-up to Christmas, featuring extreme heat, humidity, severe thunderstorms, and tropical storms all on the cards.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-20/bom-christmas-weather-forecast/106163070
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