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Ex-Cyclone Alfred continues to wreak havoc.

NSW, Queensland floods live updates: Remnants of ex-tropical cyclone Alfred continue as heavy rainfall batters Brisbane, northern NSW

South East Queensland and northern NSW continue to experience rain and flooding in the wake of ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred. Follow our ongoing coverage.

  • Ellen Connolly, Lynette Eyb and Michaela Whitbourn

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A council worker checks on the Wilsons River height at the Browns Creek pump station in Lismore on Saturday.

Emergency ‘not over’ with new flood warnings issued across NSW

Areas of Lismore are already flooded, with rising water inching closer to breaching the city’s levee as the SES calls Saturday “D-Day” for the state.

  • Amber Schultz
People are almost washed off the Brunswick Heads rockwall on the NSW north coast as Cyclone Alfred moved closer.

Cyclone Alfred: All your emergency contacts in one place

SES contacts, weather warning updates, evacuation centres near you – here are the details you may need in an emergency this weekend.

  • Jacqueline Lunn
Forecast accumulated rain over the seven days ending on Sunday, March 9.

Panic buying, giant waves as Cyclone Alfred barrels towards coast

The oncoming cyclone sparked panic buying on both sides of the border, while surfers made the most of the storm swell at popular beaches on the Gold Coast and at Byron Bay.

  • Riley Walter
Heating Australia: Average temperatures from 1910 to 2024

Heatwaves, fires, torrential rain, fish kills: Australia’s summer of climate extremes

The weather bureau is forecasting a hot autumn across most of Australia, after an unusually hot summer marked by natural disasters.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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
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Bush camping was deemed the holiday type most at risk from extreme weather.

From sunburn to storms: How climate change is redefining the Aussie summer getaway

More and more Australians are opting for safer holiday destinations to ensure their hard-earned breaks aren’t scuppered by extreme weather events.

  • Katelyn Catanzariti
Penrith locals cool off in the Nepean River.

Sydney swelters before southerly buster provides relief

The mercury hit 32 degrees in Sydney’s CBD and climbed to more than 40 degrees out west.

  • Jessica McSweeney, Riley Walter and Penry Buckley
A thermal camera image of Professor Sebastian Pfautsch at a playground at Doyle Park in North Parramatta.

As the heat soars, dangers mount in Sydney’s parks and playgrounds

Though temperature records were not broken across the state on Monday as feared, scientists are finding that even a standard summer day presents real dangers in Sydney.

  • Nick O'Malley and Nick Moir
Thunderstorms are likely in Sydney after parts of the city sweltered through a heat wave.

Thunderstorms, heavy rain forecast to hit Sydney after heatwave

Severe storms are forecast for the last weekend of spring in Sydney after the city sweated through some of the hottest temperatures in the country.

  • Riley Walter

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