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Skiers and snowboarders at Front Valley at Perisher Resort.

Strong start to the snow season, as mountains reveal next ‘big thing’

A wintry blast has lifted spirits for the start of this year’s snow season as alpine tourism operators look at new ways of selling the region beyond the snowfields

  • David Barwell

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The Sydney Opera House surrounded by fog which has caused ferries to be cancelled.

Fog descends on Sydney hours after meteor lit up NSW sky

The fog first formed in the west before moving along the river to the harbour, halting ferries and blanketing the CBD in cloud.

  • Josefine Ganko
Sydney’s Bronte Beach is hit with strong winds and pounding surf.

What winter has in store for Sydney and NSW

The weather bureau is predicting a warmer, wetter winter for most of the country, but the outlook for most of the NSW coast is neutral.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Record-breaking floods hit the NSW Mid North Coast.

The NSW floods have already been linked to climate change. Scientists are debating if that’s too quick

Global warming brings extreme weather but did it cause the NSW floods?

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
A home surrounded by flood waters on The Bucketts Way in South Taree, NSW.

Road closures, emergency warnings and more: What to know about the NSW floods

The latest evacuation and emergency warnings, plus road closure information due to flooding in northern NSW.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo, Frances Howe, Angus Dalton and Riley Walter
The rainfall outlook for winter 2025.

The intensifying climate driver behind the coastal deluges and inland drought

The odds are good for a wet winter, prolonging the sodden autumn on the east coast, but bringing relief for the drought-stricken inland.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Photographs show scenes from the Central coast today where a deepening low pressure system off the coast is producing large and powerful surf. Avoca lake emptying into the beach but experiencing push back from the ocean. Photograph taken Monday 19th May 2025. by Dean Sewell / The Sydney Morning Herald

Thousands without power, evacuation orders as heavy rain lashes NSW

The SES conducted more than 40 flood rescues as flash flooding and intense winds battered the Hunter and Mid North Coast.

  • Cindy Yin
Strong winds caused a 50-year-old kite surfer become entangled on power lines at Umina Beach.

Kite surfer blown onto powerlines as wind and rain smash NSW coast

More than 100mm of rain could fall across Sydney this week, as dangerous conditions on the NSW coast caused a kite surfer get tangled on powerlines.

  • Riley Walter and Josefine Ganko
Small coastal storms forming over Middle Harbour earlier this week.

Long weekend drivers warned as rain drenches state

The Anzac Day long weekend brought rain across much of NSW, and holidaymakers have been warned to be careful as they return home.

  • Anthony Segaert and Nigel Gladstone
The search has resumed for the missing man washed off rocks near Little Bay on Friday.

Four dead in NSW as monster swells claim another life

Dangerous surf conditions have claimed four lives in NSW over the Easter weekend and authorities spent Saturday searching for a 24-year-old washed off the rocks at Little Bay.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons

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