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Adelaide sweats through record April hot spell

15:58 AEST As if the ongoing dry spell in Adelaide has not been tough enough for local parks and gardens, the South Australian capital has now sweated through its hottest five-day April run since records were first kept in 1839.
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Adelaide's driest start to the year since the 1980s

16:19 AEST Halfway through autumn, Adelaide continues to endure an early-year dry spell the likes of which it has not seen since the famously barren decade of the 1980s.
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Lyrid meteor shower ? how to see it from Australia

16:09 AEST The Lyrid meteor shower will be visible from Australia later this month, offering stargazers an opportunity to witness one of Earth’s oldest known meteor showers.
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Boomerang Errol: tropical system could have Kimberley homecoming

16:39 AEST A tropical low which developed over the Timor Sea late last week is forecast to intensify into Tropical Cyclone Errol tomorrow, Monday 14th.
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Tropical cyclone to form near WA

13:04 AEST A tropical cyclone is likely to form off the north coast of WA in a matter of days, with signs that it could become a severe tropical cyclone next week.
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High chance of tropical cyclone near Australia next week

12:03 AEST A late-season tropical cyclone could form near northern Australia next week, which would make this Australia’s most active cyclone season in six years.
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Equatorial Rossby wave brings increased tropical cyclone risk to northern Australia

14:28 AEST A pulse in a lesser-known tropical wave will bring increased risk of tropical cyclone activity over northern Australia in the coming week.
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Major flood arrives at Birdsville

12:54 AEST Birdsville is experiencing one of its biggest floods in decades after the Diamantina River rose by nearly four metres in 24 hours, causing major flooding on Tuesday.
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Early taste of winter for SE Australia

11:39 AEST Snow fell in Tasmania, while elevated parts of the southeastern mainland experienced subzero temperatures as a pair of cold fronts crossed Tasmania over the weekend.
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Damaging winds in Perth topple trees and reroute flights

16:21 AEDT A noteworthy easterly wind event occurred across southwest WA from Friday into Saturday morning, triggering the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) to issue warnings for damaging winds across the Darling Escarpment, including for the Perth Hills and foothills area.
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Clouds clear to reveal immense scale of Queensland flooding

21:01 AEDT Satellites have captured spectacular images of the massive floods currently affecting southwest Queensland, revealing water stretching thousands of kilometres across the Australian outback.
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Why Queensland has been getting all the rain

11:58 AEDT Multiple flooding events have occurred in Queensland since the start of 2025, but why? Last month was Australia’s hottest and 4th-wettest March on record.
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Damaging surf battering NSW coast

11:28 AEDT A powerful swell produced by a bombing low pressure system over the Tasman Sea is causing damaging surf and erosion along the NSW coast today, including parts of Sydney.
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Normally dry creek now 60 km wide

13:11 AEDT Creeks and rivers in southwest Queensland have spread across the landscape carrying floodwaters from last week’s heavy outback rain – with numerous moderate and major flood warnings in place.
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Flood alerts stretch 3000km across Australia ? more rain on the way

11:45 AEDT The remnants of Tropical Cyclone Dianne will spread rain over a broad area of central and eastern Australia this week, dumping more water into already flooded rivers across several states and territories.
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Cyclone Dianne delivers damaging gusts to WA Kimberley

09:53 AEDT Tropical Cyclone Dianne has made landfall during the early hours of Saturday morning along Western Australia's Kimberley coast, bringing with it strong winds and heavy rain.   The cyclone crossed near Cockatoo Island, just north of Derby, as a Category 1 system.
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Kimberley on flood alert as potential tropical cyclone looms

12:11 AEDT Heavy rain is likely to cause flash flooding over parts of the Kimberley district in the far north of WA this weekend as a potential tropical cyclone crosses the coast and drags tropical moisture inland.
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Heavy rain to spread to New South Wales

14:11 AEDT Heavy rain is spreading from Queensland into New South Wales, as a deep feed of tropical moisture tracks southwards, drawn into a broad low pressure trough.
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Adelaide sweats through record April hot spell

15:58 AEST As if the ongoing dry spell in Adelaide has not been tough enough for local parks and gardens, the South Australian capital has now sweated through its hottest five-day April run since records were first kept in 1839.