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A tree that fell onto power lines during Monday’s severe storms.

Severe storms ‘likely’ as 77,000 still without power

The severe hailstorm that lashed south-east Queensland has been declared an insurance catastrophe, and the Bureau of Meteorology warns many of the areas slammed by Monday’s wild storm could be affected again.

  • Felicity Caldwell

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Hazy Brisbane on the hottest October day in 20 years.

Smoke blankets scorching city as thousands still without power after storm

It was still about 32 degrees and 19,042 were without power in Brisbane on Monday evening.

  • William Davis and Julius Dennis
Hundreds of homes were left without power for more than 12 hours after a car crashed into a power pole, leaving two people in intensive care.

Hundreds of Perth homes left without electricity for hours after horror crash

Two people are in intensive care tonight after their car lost control and flipped in Perth’s south-east, crashing into a power pole and causing an outage.

Buses replace trains at stations around Strathfield.

Hellish commute home after 24 hours of pain on Sydney’s trains

Train passengers were urged to head home early to avoid overcrowding on Sydney’s rail network as major service disruptions roll on.

  • Alexandra Smith, Christopher Harris and Megan Gorrey
Frustrated commuters wait for replacement buses at Strathfield on Wednesday morning.

Sydney train passengers urged to stay home as ‘significant’ delays cripple network

Premier Chris Minns has acknowledged the disruptions were “nowhere near good enough” as a power outage caused cascading delays to train services on Wednesday.

  • Megan Gorrey and Riley Walter
Major delays are expected across the Sydney train network on Wednesday.

‘Delay all non-essential travel’: Commuters warned to expect more train chaos

Sydney train commuters have been warned to delay all non-essential travel or expect significant delays across most train lines on Wednesday morning as multiple services are cancelled following power supply issues at Strathfield station.

  • Megan Gorrey, Anthony Segaert, Josefine Ganko and Emily Kaine
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Commuters at Central train station following a power failure at Strathfield.

Sydney’s commuters are sick of delays regardless of who is to blame

Commuters do not look for scapegoats. They just want the trains to run, and on time.

  • Alexandra Smith
Town Hall train station following a power failure at Strathfield

Sydney train delays as it happened: Commuters face chaos as power outage at Strathfield halts services; Transport for NSW defends maintenance of live wires

Sydney commuters try to make it home amid the latest round of train disruptions.

  • Josefine Ganko
A family eats by candlelight during the blackout in Barcelona.

Did renewables cause 60 million people to lose power?

Power had not yet been restored to 60 million people in Spain and Portugal when a culture war over the cause of this week’s blackout began.

  • Nick O'Malley
Spectators roam inside the Madrid Open tennis tournament venue during a general blackout.

Spain’s power supply almost fully restored after one of Europe’s most severe blackouts

The unprecedented blackout halted trains, cut phone services and shut down traffic lights and ATMs for millions of people across the Iberian Peninsula.

  • Renata Brito and Barry Hatton

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