The Latest Breaking News from The Bureau of Meteorology

Australia’s climate is changing rapidly due to rising global greenhouse gas emissions. Extreme weather events such as tropical cyclones, east coast low pressure systems, flash floods, droughts, bushfires, severe storms, and both land and marine heatwaves are becoming increasingly common, as the National Climate Risk Assessment makes clear.

Meteorologists say midweek will be most critical period as multiple states likely to experience consecutive days of extreme heat

Fire danger expected to reach extreme levels in South Australia, Victoria and inland NSW this week

A police officer's courage has been hailed after a man drowned in his vehicle in a swollen river, with severe weather hammering opposite sides of the nation.