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DAILY TELEGRAPH, 29th January 2023. Crowds out at Bondi beach on a hot Sunday.Picture by Damian Shaw

October hitting 45C in shock heat warning

Are you prepared for up to 57 more extreme heat days per year? We’re already getting about 20 extra. This weekend included.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JULY 10 2025: People are seen in the Sydney CBD as winds pick up across the country, with a Ãpolar blastÃ leading to plunging temperatures. Photo: NewsWire/ Gaye Gerard

Stay inside: Brutal weather to batter a state

Australians are being warned to reconsider non-essential outdoor activities as extreme weather batters a state.

Hail has pummelled residents across NSW, with more wild weather expected to hit as a cold front moves across parts of the country.

Hail, 400k lightning strikes in wild storms

Aussies have been smashed by large hail and intense lightning as storms smashed one state, with warnings more wild weather is on the way.

The Bureau of Meteorology forecasts severe storms for Sydney, the Hunter, mid-north coast and parts of the central west and Illawarra for Friday. Picture: BOM

‘Going off’: Huge hailstorm hits major city

Hail has started falling, as millions of Aussies brace for severe thunderstorms bringing damaging winds.

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Forecast wind gusts on Saturday afternoon. Image: Weatherzone

Grim warning to Aussies this weekend

Aussies in one state hoping for a warm and sunny weekend to welcome spring will likely be disappointed by the latest forecasts.

The WA Government has declared the entire Exmouth Gulf as a marine park. Picture: WA Gov

Tourist site set for marine park protection

A major Australian habitat for humpback whales, dugongs, dolphins and sea turtles will soon get marine park protection.

NSW Mid North Coast Floods May 2025 -Ghinni Ghinni. Picture: NewsWire Handout/ Transport NSW

Reason 640 flood grants rejected

Almost half of claims for small business grants in flood-smashed NSW regions were knocked back, a budget estimates hearing has been told.

The fish are washing up on the shore of the Swan River. Picture: Parks and Wildlife Service, WA

Shocking sight across exclusive suburbs

The most expensive suburbs in one capital city are awash with an unwanted sight, although others on the food chain are having a field day.

Residents in an Adelaide Hills town face evacuation as engineers race to prevent a damaged dam from bursting.

Homes threatened by dam failure

Emergency services are doorknocking homes as a 40-million-litre dam shows signs of failure, sparking flood warnings.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos SEPTEMBER 01 2025; Hon Tara Moriarty MLC, Minister for Agriculture, Minister for Regional New South Wales, and Minister for Western New South Wales answers questions during a budget estimates parliamentary hearing at NSW Parliament House in Sydney. Photo: NewsWire/ Gaye Gerard

One group struggling after flood ‘disaster’

About a third of these Australians who applied for disaster relief have received their initial $5000 more than 100 days after the severe weather event.

Over 800 killed as earthquake rocks nation

Taliban’s desperate plea, 800 killed in horror

Homes have been reduced to rubble and over 800 people have died in horrific scenes.

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An injured Afghan boy (bottom) receives treatment at a hospital after an earthquake in Afghanistan's Jalalabad on September 1, 2025. Nine people died when a 6.0-magnitude earthquake and powerful aftershock rattled eastern Afghanistan, the provincial Nangarhar government said on September 1. (Photo by Aimal ZAHIR / AFP)

‘The walls collapsed’: Quake kills more than 800 people

Survivors have spent the night outdoors after a devastating earthquake killed more than 800 people in eastern Afghanistan, with rescuers racing to find victims trapped beneath rubble.

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Sunny days across the country may not be here to last, with millions warned “unusually high rainfall” is tipped to sweep parts of Australia over spring.

‘Unusually high’: Grim warning to millions

Sunny days across the country may not be here to last, with millions warned “unusually high rainfall” is tipped to soon drench parts of Australia.

The Coalition is being torn apart by net zero. Picture: Martin Ollman / NewsWire

‘Embrace net zero’: Huge call on Coalition

A Liberal senator is calling on her colleagues to stop bickering over a key issue tearing the Coalition apart.

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