The Latest Breaking News from Bureau of Meteorology

‘Damage will be widespread’: Narelle brings 250km/h wind gusts, with tourists evacuated and schools closed

Massive storm tracking a path to Queensland coast, which intensified offshore Thursday morning to category 5, fuelled by warm waters in Coral Sea

The Guardian - AU · Mar 19

Homes flooded to rooftops as emergency relief arrives

Homes along a flooded Top End river have been inundated as one of the biggest local welfare responses on record is rolled out.

AAP · Mar 14

NT cop Ben Parfitt rescued 27 schoolchildren from a flooded caravan park. Then he made headlines for saving a dog

German shepherd helped into helicopter hovering above 4WD stranded in flood waters that have inundated much of northern Australia was ‘amazing’

The Guardian - AU · Mar 13

Big airlift of evacuees from flood-hit communities

Hundreds of people have been evacuated by air from their flood-hit outback communities as rivers rapidly rise after "extraordinary" downpours.

AAP · Mar 7

Twenty pregnant women evacuated from NT hospital as two states prepare for major flooding

BoM issues flood watch covering most of Queensland while NT authorities warn houses and roads could be inundated

The Guardian - AU · Mar 6

Punishing storm eases but leaves trail of destruction

An unusually long-lasted and destructive weather system that formed over the Australian desert is weakening as a potential cyclone looms elsewhere.

AAP · Mar 3

Grapes wither on the vine as record rain risks harvest

Flash flooding has hit Australia's table grape hub after record rainfall at the peak of harvest season, threatening to inflict major losses.

AAP · Mar 2

Monsoon low could bring year’s worth of rain in a week to parts of NSW, Queensland and South Australia

Further thunderstorms bringing heavy rain and flash flooding may hit Melbourne on Tuesday, Bureau of Meteorology warns

The Guardian - AU · Feb 23

'Completely wrecked': fatigue kicks in amid record heat

A record heatwave has pushed the mercury towards 50C in towns across Australia, with days of blistering conditions still to come.

AAP · Jan 29

More than 1,000 families told to evacuate as bushfires rage and temperatures near 50C in Australia

Fire in forested region southwest of Melbourne breaches containment lines and threatens half a dozen towns

The Independent UK · Jan 27