The Latest Breaking News from Ilana Cherny

‘Wet, windy and wintry’: cold front to bring rain and potential flooding to parts of Australia

Front sweeping across southern Australia expected to bring strong winds and widespread rain over weekend

The Guardian - AU · Aug 8

This optical illusion is rarer than a rainbow and tricky to see in Australia. So what actually is a fogbow?

Visible when the sun is behind you and the fog is ahead, conditions have to be ‘right in the Goldilocks spot’ to see a fogbow

The Guardian - AU · Jul 22

Rare storm set to impact huge stretch of coastline

A stretch of coastline spanning 1200 kilometres is in the line of an unusually strong storm bringing heavy weekend wind, rain and surf.

AAP · May 30

Woman killed, dozens of teens rescued in flood chaos

A month's worth of rain has hit some regions over 36 hours, with the wild weather leading to a fatal road crash and the rescue of stranded students at a camp.

AAP · May 19

Severe Tropical Cyclone Maila intensifies to one of season’s strongest storms ahead of Australian landfall

Queensland could see heavy rain and flood risks from the weekend onwards as the storm barrels towards state

The Guardian - AU · Apr 8

Tropical Cyclone Narelle brings raised roofs, heavy rain and destructive winds as it batters WA coast

Storm downgraded to category two system after passing between Carnarvon and Kalbarri, but may bring flash flooding to Perth

The Guardian - AU · Mar 27

Ex-Tropical Cyclone Narelle to intensify with Perth a possible target as storm makes rare crossing across continent

Narelle weakens to a tropical low after bringing heavy rain to already-saturated parts of the Northern Territory

The Guardian - AU · Mar 23