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Dean Edgell and his dog Daisy cool off at Port Melbourne beach on Saturday.

More than 100 water rescues as heatwave sweeps across Victoria

Total fire bans will be in effect across much of the state on Sunday as the heat persists.

  • Cassandra Morgan and Angus Delaney

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People cool off at Marrinawi Cove at Barangaroo Reserve.

Sydney set for sizzling weekend as heatwave descends on south-east

South-east Australia is facing a weekend of heatwaves, with temperatures forecast to push 40 degrees in parts of Sydney.

  • Josefine Ganko
Friends Aoife Greenwood, Isla Barlow and Opal Tieu jump off the pier at Port Melbourne in November.

Victoria braces for weekend heatwave as total fire ban declared in state’s west

The mercury will remain high around the clock, with an overnight low of 24 degrees forecast on Sunday. 

  • Angus Delaney

From hot flushes to night sweats: How to deal with menopause in a heatwave

Extreme heat is uncomfortable for everyone, but particularly for those going through menopause. Here’s how to cope.

  • Lauren Ironmonger
2024 was the hottest year on record globally, and the second-hottest for Australia.

Australia just had its second-hottest year on record – and temperatures will rise again

Global temperatures continued to rise in 2024 as the UN chief warned of a “climate breakdown”.

  • Nick O'Malley
Residents in parts of Brisbane and Ipswich have reported an earthy, dirt-like taste to their tap water in recent days.

SEQ residents claim upset stomachs after changes to drinking water

Changes to the taste and smell of tap water in parts of the south-east have left some residents feeling unwell. Authorities say there’s no cause for alarm.  

  • Courtney Kruk
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Temperatures are rising to dangerous levels this weekend, but a cool change is on the way.

A white-hot Christmas? Not quite. But as for the weekend before...

Perth is staring down two days of 40-plus over the final weekend before Christmas even as coral bleaches in Broome – but then things take a cooler turn.

  • Cameron Myles and Emma Young
A birds-eye view of the bushfire at Melbourne Road, Creswick that is not yet under control.

Out-of-control bushfire near Ballarat is downgraded after mercury cools from 40-degree peak

Residents of Clarkes Hill, Wattle Flat and Dean were told shortly before 7pm to leave immediately, after a bushfire started near Creswick, but that advice has since been downgraded.

  • Angus Delaney and Lachlan Abbott
cohealth outreach team

These are our ‘sweatiest suburbs’, putting vulnerable at risk in heatwaves

Inner Melbourne, the northern and south-eastern suburbs are the worst places to be during high heat according to a new metric of Australia’s “sweatiest cities”.

  • Adam Carey
Wet weather in Maroubra today is predicted to continue this afternoon before easing tomorrow.

‘Absolute humidity’: Sydney’s muggy weather set to end

Sydney’s “low-intensity heatwave” is set to end on Sunday, with warnings of severe thunderstorms in the city cancelled.

  • Nigel Gladstone

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