The Latest Breaking News from La Nina

NSW and ACT SES officials are urging people to prepare themselves and their homes for more incoming wet weather.

With increasing ocean temperatures, world-leading marine researchers say Australia's coral only has a few decades of survival left.

With a third consecutive La Nina storm season approaching, the NSW SES is adopting a clearer warning system to alert people when they are in danger.

Business owners are bracing for a third consecutive La Nina season as roads and bridges disappear under flood waters across regional NSW.

Authorities say regional NSW dams are at their fullest since the 1990s ahead of a third La Nina is hanging around this spring.

Australia's weather forecaster warned on Saturday of potential heavy flooding in parts of New South Wales, as much of the country braces for unusually heavy rains in coming months due to a third straight La Nina weather event.

Another La Nina event could see parts of the country inundated again as they race to clean up from previous devastating floods.

ACT's official start to both the storm and bushfire seasons has been pushed back after a third La Nina event was declared.

A rare third consecutive La Nina weather event has been declared after months of speculation by the Bureau of Meteorology, meaning a wet, humid summer is ahead.

The weather event is characterised by above average rainfall for northern and eastern Australia.

"There is already wet soil, high rivers and full dams right across our state, and with more rain on the horizon comes the very real possibility of flooding."