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SOUTH GOLDEN BEACH, NSW, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - MARCH 5 , 2025: Will Glasson as residents fill sandbags as the community of South Golden Beach braces ahead of the Cat 2 TC Cyclone AlfredÃs arrival this week.Picture: NewsWire / Glenn Campbell

What 4.5 million Aussies must do today

As Cyclone Alfred slowly moves closer to the coast, residents have been urged to seek shelter inside. Here’s how you can prepare for securing and sheltering your home.

(FILES) This handout image released by EYOS Expeditions on January 19, 2024, shows an aerial view of the A23a iceberg in the waters of The Southern Ocean off Antarctica on January 14. The world's biggest iceberg appears to have run aground, potentially sparing the crucial wildlife breeding ground of South Georgia from being hit by the behemoth, the British Antarctic Survey said on March 4, 2025. (Photo by IAN STRACHAN / EYOS Expeditions / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

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World’s biggest iceberg finally runs aground

An iceberg twice the size of Greater London and weighing nearly one trillion tonnes has been drifting towards South Georgia island since 2020. Watch video, see photos.

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Tropical Cyclone Alfred is tipped to make landfall between Maroochydore and Coolangatta as its “destructive core” readies to cross the Queensland coast., The category 2 cyclone was 325km east of Brisbane and 300km east of the Gold Coast on Thursday morning, moving west southwest at 7km/h., A warning zone was issued for Double Island Point in Queensland to Grafton in NSW, including Brisbane, the Gold Coast, the Sunshine Coast, Byron Bay and Ballina but not including Grafton.,

What’s unusual about Cyclone Alfred

As Cyclone Alfred slowly moves towards the east coast and puts millions in the firing line, one element is making the system more unusual than other tropical cyclones.

Vision shows massive surges of water. Picture: TikTok @ashtonmarshhh

Sinister side effect of Cyclone Alfred

As Cyclone Alfred bears down on southeast Queensland, authorities have warned the low category two rating masks a terrifying and potentially deadly risk.

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Surprising gender split in Aussie nuclear power debate

A significant majority of voters now support the concept of nuclear power in Australia – but there are some surprising details about who’s in favour, and who’s not.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JUNE 8, 2022: Uber will halve service fees for drivers with electric cars as part of a $26 million investment into Australia's electrical vehicle market over the next three years. Less than one per cent of Uber drivers currently drive an electric vehicle but the company aims to have all their drivers in electric cars by 2040.Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Geraghty

How Uber is helping Aussies go green

Uber has launched a carbon dioxide savings tracker, with one state taking an early lead in the clean green stakes.

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Weather picture: Bureau of Meteorology

‘Fresh snow’ but rain on the way

A weekend of wild weather has given way to sunny skies, but more falls on the way ahead of the June long-weekend.

Insane picture shows new weather trend. Picture: Twitter

Unprecedented hail strikes, causing chaos

Record-setting hail had pelted down in one US state this week, prompting a brand new weather warning.

A month’s worth of rain for city in one day

A month’s worth of rain for city in one day

A major city received a month’s worth of rain on the first day of winter, while across the country a severe weather warning remains in place in WA.

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A month’s worth of rain for city in one day

A month’s worth of rain for city in one day

A major city received a month’s worth of rain on the first day of winter, while across the country a severe weather warning remains in place in WA.

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Sydney has recorded almost 100mm of rain since 9am. Picture: BOM

‘Severe’ storm warning after millions drenched

A severe storm warning is in place for millions of residents after almost 100mm of rain flooded streets and scuttled an annual lightshow event.

GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos APRIL 6, 2024: Hundreds of people turned out at the Greenmount Beach Surf Club on the Gold Coast to celebrate the life of Ed Fanning. His brother Mick led a surf out after the service. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Tertius Pickard

‘Can’t walk away’: Scene that haunts Fanning

In 2022, Mick Fanning received a video message from a friend. What happened next continues to weigh on him.

The rain clouds continue to move east. Picture: Bureau of Meterology

Weekend filled with patchy rain nationwide

More rain and dangerous winds are expected to hit the country in the coming days as winter arrives with a bang.

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This handout photo taken on May 29, 2024 and received on May 30, 2024 from the Australian Defence Force shows ground staff and members of the Royal Australian Air Force unloading aid from an aircraft near the site of the landslide in Yambali village, in Papua New Guinea's Enga Province. (Photo by Handout / Australian Defence Force / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

Australia’s mercy mission as PNG landslide crisis escalates

The Australian Defence Force is providing a lifeline to embattled Papua New Guineans who are facing a new even deadlier threat in the wake of a horror landslide.

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