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Temperatures are set to soar as high as 45C on Australia Day while thunderstorms and showers appear to threaten long weekend plans. Picture: Stormcast.

Horror forecast ahead of Australia Day

Temperatures are set to soar to 45C on Australia Day, while potential showers and thunderstorms threaten to drench multiple states and territories.

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Reason 4700 cars sold in Australia recalled

One of Australia’s most-purchased car makers has been forced to recall more than 4700 cars over a potentially dangerous issue.

The Bureau of Meteorology issued the warning early on Wednesday afternoon. Picture: Supplied

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Millions warned to brace for weather chaos

Millions of Australians are in the path of damaging winds set to hit the mainland on Wednesday afternoon.

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Temperatures are set to spike as high as 46C in some areas of Queensland as extreme and severe heatwaves are tipped to sweep the state along with NSW. Picture: Stormcast.

Temps to hit 46C in severe heatwave

Warnings have been issued to residents across several states as a severe heatwave is expected to send the mercury soaring past 40C.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Newswire Photos: JANUARY 02 2024: A general view of people swimming at Maroubra Beach in Sydney's East, as today January 2nd is known as the one day of the year where the most drownings occur Nationally at our Beaches. Photo by: NCA Newswire/ Gaye Gerard

Big move after 14 killed in 3 months

Major action is being taken after a shocking summer saw 14 people killed over three months while partaking a common summer activity.

37 abandoned sites could change Aus forever

37 abandoned sites could change Aus forever

Huge holes in the ground left after they’ve been excavated could solve one of Australia’s biggest problems.

Picture: Bureau of Meteorology

Grim warning as heat to linger for months

The summer heat is here to stay, according to the Bureau of Meteorology’s latest long range forecast.

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SYDNEY AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos, 09 DECEMBER, 2023: (L to R) Sisters Madeleine and Amelie Kordina-Barker from Clovelly walk among there throng at the local beach as Sydney is expected to soar to 40 degree temperatures today.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Simon Bullard

Aussie state cracks grim heat record

One Australian state has recorded its hottest summer ever, with temperatures hitting nearly 50 degrees in one area.

SYDNEY AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos, 09 DECEMBER, 2023: (L to R) Sisters Madeleine and Amelie Kordina-Barker from Clovelly walk among there throng at the local beach as Sydney is expected to soar to 40 degree temperatures today.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Simon Bullard

Aussie state cracks grim heat record

One Australian state has recorded its hottest summer ever, with temperatures hitting nearly 50 degrees in one area.

The Grove of Giants - a forest in the Huon Valley currently earmarked for logging and which conservationists and scientists are urging should instead be protected.

’Cruel hoax’: Picture has state up in arms

Battlelines have been drawn in one Australian state where a heated war is brewing over a 40,000-hectare bombshell.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MARCH 15, 2022: Generic images of flat white coffee in take away cup. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Andrew Henshaw

State’s huge change for coffee drinkers

The way you drink coffee in this one Aussie state has dramatically changed this week.

Sea ice levels in Antarctica have registered historic lows for three consecutive years, portending grave consequences for life on Earth as we know it.

Antarctica’s alarming threat to humanity

A historic low recorded has prompted fears from scientists who say there are grave consequences for life on Earth as we know it.

Heat stress is causing bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef at the Keppel Islands. Picture: TropWATER/JCU

‘Mass bleaching’ fears over 1100km of reef

There are fears the Great Barrier Reef is undergoing its seventh mass bleaching event after widespread bleaching was observed.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JANUARY 12, 2024: Signage on fences around a closed Sydney's Rozelle Parklands. Sydney's Rozelle Parklands is closed not long after it opened in December last year due to asbestos being found in the park.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Damian Shaw

‘Toothless’: Fury over asbestos delay

The mayor of a local council which became ground zero for Sydney’s asbestos-contaminated mulch scandal has lashed the state’s peak environmental body for their delay in cleaning up a major park.

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