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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos OCTOBER 21, 2023: Race goers arrive at the Caulfield Cup. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Andrew Henshaw

Huge surprise for Melbourne Cup weather

There won’t be an umbrella or raincoat in sight on Tuesday as punters flock to Flemington for the race that stops a nation.

VALENCIA, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 04: A resident cleans the entrance to his home after heavy rain and flooding hit large parts of the country on November 04, 2024 in Alfafar municipality, in Valencia, Spain. By Friday, Spanish authorities confirmed that at least 200 people had died, mostly in the Valencia region, amid the flooding that swept eastern and southern parts of the country starting on Tuesday. The intense rainfall event is known as a

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Moment deadly floods struck out of nowhere

Terrifying footage shows floodwaters pummelling towards the Valencia region in Spain, as the nation grapples with the aftermath of a mob attack on the nation’s royals.

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The Bureau of Meteorology and Weatherzone both expects heatwaves to hit Australia this week. Picture: Weatherzone

Dire heatwave warning for this week

Maximum temperatures are set to reach the high thirties to low forties on Wednesday and Thursday.

The group are appearing to protest the ban at the site. Picture: X / @113official

Vile Nazi act on sacred site

A group of Australian neo-Nazis have made a vile demonstration on top of a sacred Indigenous site.

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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA NewsWire Photos. MAY 23 2023. Deputy Premier Steven Miles and Minister for Health Shannon Fentiman will announce tenders have been awarded for $2.55 Billion for hospital expansions delivering almost 900 beds. Picture: NCA NewsWre/Glenn Campbell

Family trapped in raging floodwaters

Emergency services struggled to communicate with the family, whose vehicle had become trapped in rising floodwaters, due to patchy reception.

Australia has been “lit up like a Christmas tree” by viscious thunderstorms, and there’s more rain to come with sopping wet conditions to last into next week.

Severe storms to soak Aussies for days

Australia has been “lit up like a Christmas tree” by vicious thunderstorms, and there’s more sopping wet conditions to come.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos NOVEMBER 22, 2023: Chris Bowen and NSW Minister for Energy, Penny Sharpe MLC announce the successful projects of the NSW Capacity Investment Scheme.Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Swift

$1.8bn move to prevent energy shortfalls

Six batteries which could supply power to 430,000 households will be in operation by 2025, as NSW battles looming energy shortfalls.

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Sydney man’s homemade scarecrow becomes viral ‘magpie god’. Picture: TikTok

Man’s accidental ‘magpie god’ a viral hit

A backyard experiment to deter magpies has taken an unexpected turn, transforming a homemade scarecrow into a viral sensation.

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Severe temperatures in Western Australia this week are poised to shatter records with residents in the metropolitan area feeling the brunt of the abrupt arrival of summer.

Worrying first for Australian city

Severe temperatures in one part of the country this week are poised to shatter records as summer arrives all too abruptly.

The northern and central Great Barrier Reef have recorded their highest amount of coral cover since the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) began monitoring 36 years ago., Published on Thursday, AIMS’ Annual Summary Report on Coral Reef Condition for 2021/22 shows another year of increased coral cover across much of the Reef., In the 87 representative reefs surveyed between August 2021 and May 2022, average hard coral cover in the region north of Cooktown increased to 36% (from 27% in 2021) and to 33% in the central Great Barrier Reef (from 26% in 2021). However, average coral cover in the southern region (from Proserpine to Gladstone) decreased from 38% in 2021 to 34%. Picture: AIMS, LTMP Fieldwork

$200m lifeline for Great Barrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef has been allocated a boatload of money to improve the worsening water quality flowing through the iconic ecosystem.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos June 03, 2022: Generic images of powerlines. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Andrew Henshaw

Once-in-a-decade threat to Aussies

Rare weather events are set to increase demand for one thing across Australia this summer and there could be catastrophic results.

Three 80-year-old bombs discovered by rangers in the Bilwon State Forest might’ve been rusted on the outside, but their insides remained as deadly as the day they were manufactured.

‘Highly dangerous’ discovery in remote forest

Rangers got the shock of their lives when they stumbled on a “highly dangerous” discovery, dating back to WWII, in a remote part of a state forest.

Wild weather is set to pelt the east coast of Australia. Picture: Supplied / Weatherzone

Grim warning as rain, hail to pelt east coast

A dire warning has been issued for eastern Australia as heavy rainfall bringing hail and damaging winds are set to pelt major cities over the week.

Watch out, the 'Satan of birds' has arrived in Australia

Watch out, the ‘Satan of birds’ has arrived in Australia

If you thought magpies were bad, prepare yourself for the channel-billed cuckoo bird.

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