The Latest Breaking News from Angus Hines

Warnings issued as rivers rise amid heavy falls

There are multiple weather warnings and a watch and act alert in place as a severe weather system continues to dump heavy rain.

AAP · Oct 3

'Proper winter': early snow dump blankets alpine areas

It's shaping up as a decent season for skiers and snowboarders, with a number of Australia's most popular alpine areas getting an early coat of snow.

AAP · May 7

Tropical Cyclone Narelle forecast to pummel remote WA towns with wind gusts of up to 275km/h

Cyclone system, which is gaining strength as it heads towards WA coast, is set to be the first in 20 years to make landfall in three of Australia’s states and territories

The Guardian - AU · Mar 26

Flooding forces closure of town's hospital and schools

The mayor of an outback community forced to close its hospital, schools and courts due to a flood threat says it's been so wet "even the ducks have left town".

AAP · Mar 5

Cyclone threat firms as far north braces for bucketing

Areas already hard hit by flooding are bracing for another deluge, with a tropical cyclone forecast to cross the coast in coming days.

AAP · Mar 4

Banana growers hoping cyclone bends around farming hub

Residents in an isolated agricultural hub are bracing for the arrival of a tropical cyclone that could flatten a banana crop which supplies an entire state.

AAP · Feb 8

‘Air conditioners are struggling’: parts of NSW, Queensland and Victoria swelter as heat records tumble

Bushfires still burning out of control in Victoria as temperatures reached the high 40s in the west of NSW

The Guardian - AU · Jan 28

Sydney awaits ‘soggiest weekend of summer’ as Victorian authorities defend flash flood warnings

Floods predicted for NSW south coast after severe storms dumped 180mm in six hours on Victoria’s Lorne and Wye River, washing cars into the sea on the Great Ocean Road

The Guardian - AU · Jan 16

Bushfires spark inquiry call as funding debate rages

Underfunding has been blamed for the scale of losses from ferocious bushfires but state authorities insist conditions made containment impossible.

AAP · Jan 14

Residents hunker down as cyclone heads for coast

Tropical Cyclone Koji has formed and is threatening to barrel through a region already reeling from heavy flooding.

AAP · Jan 9