The Latest Breaking News from Bureau of Meteorology

A huge cold front sweeping Australia's southeast is bringing wild storms, giant hail and damaging winds as it meets a humid, unstable air mass.

Wild weather is on the way for parts of Australia after a storm "like a freight train but worse" hit regional Victoria.

There are severe weather warnings for damaging winds in multiple states, in addition to concerns about floods, falling trees and dangerous live power lines.

It’s winter in Australia, but as you’ve probably noticed, the weather is unusually warm. The top temperatures over large parts of the country this weekend were well above average for this time of year.

Few sights in the night sky are as awe-inspiring as aurora. The vibrant dancing lights – usually seen close to the planet’s poles – are produced by a wind of charged particles streaming from the Sun into Earth’s atmosphere. The resulting disturbances are called geomagnetic storms.

People living in southern Australia won’t have failed to notice how cold it is. Frosty nights and chilly days have been the weather for many of us since the start of July.

BoM issues severe weather warning for the Illawarra and far southern suburbs of Sydney

Massive downpours are hitting large parts of NSW, leading to car rescues, expected dam spills and delayed and cancelled flights at Sydney Airport.

For this year's January 26, the forecasters at Bureau of Meteorology predict hot and wet weather for much of the country, so if you are planning to get out and about, staying safe in the heat is absolutely a top priority.