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The morning after… New Farm’s Officers Mess on Saturday morning.

Storm whips through inner-city, damaging historic venue

A popular Brisbane venue damaged by a freak localised storm on Friday night will likely remain closed for months, its manager says.

  • Cameron Atfield

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Monday’s public holiday is expected to be a scorcher, with temperatures above 40 degrees in Melbourne.

‘Fantastic’ weather for tennis finals ahead of statewide scorcher

Extreme fire danger ratings are in place for much of Victoria on Monday, with temperatures set to exceed 40 degrees.

  • Cassandra Morgan
the CCC has raised concerns about the access lobbyists have to decision makers in 1 William Street.

Curtains closed, devices off as government declares power ‘emergency’

Amid fears of blackouts during Queensland’s heatwave, public servants were ordered to conserve power – and even avoid “large printing jobs or laminating”.

  • Sean Parnell
Orange streams are increasingly common in northern Alaska.

Orange rivers, longer days: Nine ways our planet changed in its hottest year yet

Last year was the hottest year in history – on average more than 1.55 degrees higher than pre-industrial temperatures. The consequences range from the predicted to the utterly unexpected.

  • Nick O'Malley, Caitlin Fitzsimmons, Bianca Hall, Angus Dalton and Emma Young
The map shows the heatwave covers much of the state.

WA braces for second day of heatwave amid power outages

Geraldton Airport hit 49.3 degrees – its equal hottest on record on Monday, and the state is bracing for a scorching week ahead.

  • Holly Thompson
Perth is in the middle of a severe heatwave.

Heatwave bakes WA but stops short of setting temperature record

While about 75 per cent of the state is sweltering through a heatwave, a tropical cyclone raging off the Pilbara coast is expected to intensify to a category four system.

  • Holly Thompson and Sarah Brookes
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Hot nights and even hotter days have been forecast for Brisbane this week.

‘Our hottest day’: Brisbane set for 37 degrees as humid winds return

Pool pumps and air-conditioning will put the electricity network to the test as the city sweats through to the end of January.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Forecast winds in Southern California

Firefighters on standby as damaging winds return to Los Angeles

The Santa Ana winds are forecast to batter Southern California again, fuelling dangerous fire conditions over the next few days.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
A tropical low is expected to intensify into Tropical Cyclone Sean. (File)

Tropical Cyclone Sean forms off WA coast amid wild weather warnings

Tropical Cyclone Sean was declared on Sunday north of the Pilbara Coast in Western Australia.

  • Jack Gramenz, Savannah Meacham and Luke Costin
The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a heatwave warning for much of the state while the Pilbara braces for flooding.

Pilbara on flood watch as Perth and south-west brace for heatwave

Cyclone Sean is not expected to make landfall but will bring with it damaging winds up to 120km/h for the Pilbara coast.

  • Claire Ottaviano

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