Top End residents are being warned to brace for a wet and wild weekend with storms expected to dump up to 200mm of rain on the region along with possible destructive winds. Latest weather update.
Weather watchers have warned that there is a moderate chance of a tropical low developing into a cyclone near the Top End, as another tropical low also looms. Read the forecast.
The Bureau of Meteorology has delivered a hint of good news for sweltering Top End residents desperately hanging out for the monsoon to begin – but it comes with a catch.
An enhanced weather radar for the Barkly region is on the horizon, bringing much-needed insight to pastoralists and communities after an eight year wait.
As Territorians stepped outside to watch a brilliant lightning display, the Bureau of Meteorology recorded one of the Top End’s hottest days out of 24 years of data. Watch the video.
Stretched across hundreds of kilometres, working up to 12 hours a day and risking their safety, the workload of bushfire crews could increase with the upcoming fire season predicted to be longer than usual.
Darwin’s favourite national park remains accessible, but a week of storms is expected.
The Bureau of Meteorology’s seven-day forecast reveals Cyclone Jasper’s potentially stormy pathway across the Top End to Darwin.
Territorians could find themselves with a front-row seat to Severe Tropical Cyclone Jasper. Read more for what the Bureau of Meteorology said.
About 5500 properties lost power in an intense storm that ripped through impacted Alice Springs on Thursday afternoon. See pictures of the damage.
Parks remain open, but indoor activities beckon as thunderstorms, extreme UV, and constant showers loom for the Top End.
A sandstorm, thunderstorm, and bushfires have been causing havoc in Central Australia with wind gusts reaching up to 98km/h.
There is ‘no better base’ than the Territory’s Top End to assess the effects of severe weather and migration.
Thunder and lightning have swept across the Top End in the first electrical storm to hit Darwin this season. Find out who got the rain.
Even without a direct hit, lightning can travel though the ground to your building, find its way to your electrical appliances and cause widespread damage.
‘What a f—king c—t’: Bush firefighters react as a fire tornado rips through outback property amid a catastrophic season for the Northern Territory.
The wet season has made an entrance in the Top End, with one rain-loving family thrilled to embrace the weather.
Authorities have issued an emergency declaration for Tennant Creek as a fire three times the size of the Australian Capital Territory continues to burn ferociously outside the town.
Residents in the remote Northern Territory town of Tennant Creek have described their ‘anxiety’ as an enormous blaze burns on the horizon, inching closer.
A period of fire danger has been extended from the Top End to 150km south of Tennant Creek until early 2024. Read what conditions have put them at a high risk of bushfires.
A major restocking operation is refilling several 20-foot shipping containers. See why this will be critical when disasters strike.
Seven people have died from melioidosis in the Top End in less than a year as the latest data shows a spike in cases. Here’s why some are being recorded outside the wet season.
The Top End’s annual pre-cyclone clean-up is fast approaching. Find out when your suburb is set to clean its streets.
A teenage girl is under guard at hospital after allegedly spitting blood at a cop after being chased by an aerial drone.
Territorians and their furry friends are urged to take heed of some health advice as temperatures drop across the NT this weekend.
For the second year in a row Australia will battle through a climate phenomenon which is set to shake up the weather in the Top End.
One of the Territory’s biggest environmental threats remains untamed as fire season kicks off.
Prepare your permits, cool those embers and clear up your property. Fire season has officially begun in the Top End.
A Northern Territory town has just an 18-month window to address critical water shortages before its only source of drinking water runs dry.
‘A strong spokesperson for his community’: The Central Land Council has paid tribute to a prominent delegate in the Tennant Creek region who passed away in a tragic drowning incident.
The BoM has issued a second flood watch for South West Northern Territory. Residents are being urged to prepare and have the appropriate provisions ready SEE WHERE.
The Territory felt the full force of Cyclone Tiffany, with countless trees uprooted and property damaged. Here are some of the best pictures of the day.
Darwin residents are experiencing the coldest January day on record, after waking up to a fast moving storm cell caused by Cyclone Tiffany.
Two weeks after we stared down Cyclone Seth, the Territory faces another big blow as a tropical low forms in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
The Bureau of Meteorology says Territorians should be on alert for flash flooding as a monsoon trough continues to dump heavy rain and squalls over much of the Top End.
A new bride and mother lost her husband and baby only a week apart following a horrific farming tragedy at Berry Springs.
A ‘muggy and sweaty’ Cup Day is ahead for Top End punters the Bureau of Meteorology says.
The Bureau of Meteorology has forecast how many cyclones could develop in the waters of Northern Australia this year.
Darwin’s skyline disappeared among the clouds on Saturday morning as the city woke to a blanket of thick fog, something more common to the bleak cold winter of a southern city.
Some decent rain is falling in some parts of the Northern Territory, while Darwin residents have surprisingly also enjoyed an unseasonal sprinkle here and there.
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