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Sinkhole at Tunks Park, Cammeray in Sydney's north. Picture: 9News

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Sydney cops month of rain in one day

The record rainfall comes with roads across NSW cut off due to major flooding, while two men are dead after crashing into a river during heavy rain.

hance of rain for Saturday in Perth and surrounds. Picture: BOM

‘Drenched’: City shatters 29-year record

Sydney’s not the only city being blasted by rain, with another Aussie capital hitting a rare weather milestone for the first time in nearly three decades.

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A handout photo made available on July 17, 2020 by Polar Bears International shows a polar bear with its cubs in the Sea Ice, northeast of Prudhoe Bay in Alaska in 1985. - Climate change is starving polar bears into extinction, according to research published on July 20, 2020 that predicts the apex carnivores could all but disappear within the span of a human lifetime. In some regions they are already caught in a vicious downward spiral, with shrinking sea ice cutting short the time bears have for hunting seals, while dwindling body weight undermines their chances of surviving Arctic winters without food, scientists reported in Nature Climate Change. The study calculates

Almost no Arctic sea ice loss seen in 20 years

Scientists say a dramatic slowdown in Arctic sea ice loss over the past 20 years is “surprising” but consistent with global warming trends.

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Rain onslaught to bring another drenching

Flood-weary residents are bracing for rivers to rise dangerously as a weather system threatens days of more relentless rain across several states.

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Much of inland NSW and Victoria will see frosty conditions Saturday and Sunday morning. Picture: Willy Weather

Brutal winter start as frost, rain bomb loom

Areas of the country are seeing frosty conditions as temperatures plummet, with Western Australia warned of intense rainfall as winter makes a bold entrance.

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Village of 300 people completely erased in ‘unimaginable’ glacier crash

A disaster of “striking proportions” has destroyed a picturesque village in the Swiss alps in what’s been described as a “worst-case…

Shocked flood victim finds own fridge washed up on beach 70km away

Shocked flood victim finds own fridge washed up on beach 70km away

Layla Philipson was stunned to make the discovery. She found her fridge as she and other locals searched for their lost belongings in the area….

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire 11th October 2024. 11am Friday the first turbines at Australia's largest (planned) wind farm will spin and will start feeding electricity into Victoria's grid. The farm is Golden Plains Wind Farm in Rokewood. Ikea's investment arm will be announcing they're investing in stage 2 as well.Picture: NewsWire/Nadir Kinani

Australia’s first wind farm to be shut down

The energy company behind Australia’s first commercial wind farm has announced it will be shutting down the operation that has come to the end of its technical life.

Rain spreading over central Australia earlier this week put on a fleeting display of waterfalls on Uluru. Picture: Instagram/@noplan.lifestyle

Stunning Uluru sight as rain smashes country

A rare sight has emerged at one of Australia’s most iconic landmarks as record-breaking rain smashes parts of the country.

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‘Slap in the face’: Nations erupt at Australia

Two nations are furious with Australia after the first major decision from the Albanese government.

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Large and hazardous surf is forecast to batter the New South Wales coastline over the coming days, as two powerful swell systems move in rapid succession across the Tasman Sea and Southern Ocean. Picture: Weatherzone

Monster waves set to pound coast

Surf conditions are about to intensify dramatically, with powerful swells set to bring long-period waves and surging tides.

SYDNEY AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos, 01 JUNE, 2023: Bawinya the baby koala at Symbio Zoo in Helensburgh.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Simon Bullard

Plea for Aussie tourism ‘game-changer’

More than 100 businesses have signed a letter in support of a “game-changing” plan to protect a beloved Australian animal that could become the country’s next great attraction.

Paraglider nearly freezes to death

Paraglider nearly freezes to death

This paraglider nearly froze to death after he was sucked nearly 9000 metres into the clouds. Liu Ge took off from a mountain spot around 3000…

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Rock art pictured at Murujuga where Woodside want to expand its North West Shelf gas project for another 40 years. Picture: Save Our Songlines

Major decision made on gas project

A decision six years in the making has finally been made on one of the world’s largest and most controversial natural gas projects.

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