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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.

Anthony Albanese on Kangaroo Island. Picture: X

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Albo acts on algae crisis – but won’t apologise for response timing

The Prime Minister has pledged $8.5m in new funding for South Australia’s algal bloom crisis but stopped short of declaring it a natural disaster.

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Noobody expected Donald Trump to come after Australiaâs penguins. The US is hitting Heard Island and the McDonald Islands, They are located about 4,100 kilometres (2,200 nautical miles) southwest of Perth. You can only get there by sea, which from Australia takes two weeks.

‘Is it a prank?’: The most bizarre victims of Trump’s tariffs

One of the most remote places on Earth, home to penguins rather than people, hasn’t escaped Donald Trump’s tariffs.

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Sydney council erects banner after century-old tree poisoned on leafy north shore. Picture: 9News

Council’s wild act after tree ‘poisoned’

A local council in Sydney’s upper north shore has made a bold statement, hoping to gather information after a 100yo endangered tree was poisoned.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos SEPTEMBER 7TH, 2022: Australia has announced harsh new bans on some meat imports from 70 countries, as a disease with the ability to wipe out an entire industry spreads. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Nicki Connolly

Aussies warned to brace for meat price hike

Experts have warned the price of the grocery staple could skyrocket as flooding wipes out more than 100,000 head of livestock.

Scientists investigate possible vast city beneath Giza pyramid

Scientists investigate possible vast city beneath Giza pyramid

Italian researchers claim to have uncovered ‘a vast underground city’ which stretches more than 1,200 metres directly underneath the Pyramids…

A man has close encounter with cassowary family in South Johnstone, QLD. Picture: Tiktok

Man comes off second best after bird attack

A man in his 70s has been hospitalised after being attacked in his own backyard by one of Australia’s most fearsome birds.

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THARGOMINDAH, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - March 31, 2025: 2025 Federal Election. Opposition leader Peter Dutton at Thargomindah where theres major flooding events. Monday 31st March 2025. Photo: James Brickwood/ POOL / NewsWire

‘Copped it’: Flooded residents sleep in cars

Already isolated outback residents who are sleeping in their cars can expect more rain and flooding in the coming days.

People take photos of cherry blossoms during a visit to Yasukuni Shrine as the blossom viewing season begins in full in central Tokyo on March 31, 2025. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP)

‘300,000 deaths’: Japan’s horrific prediction

One of the world’s most populous nations has warned 300,000 of its residents could die in an ominous new prediction.

Police have commenced an investigation into alleged dangerous driving after a truck driver was pulled from flood water in the state’s west yesterday., , , About 5pm (Sunday 30 March 2025), officers attached to Oxley Police District were notified of a Prime Mover trapped in flood waters approximately 2 metres deep, on Vera Leap Road, Wee Waa., , , With the assistance of the State Emergency Serves (SES), the driver, a 71-year-old man, was rescued via boat and return to dry land., , , Police have commenced an investigation into the incident.

Truck driver rescued as floods smash Aussies

Incredible photos have captured the moment a truck driver was rescued from floodwaters, as severe weather smashes the country.

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Casino Unit doing medical resupply to isolated resident_29 March 2025 , , SES update: parts of NSW may face 6 weeks of isolation due to flooding/rain

Town to be cut off for six weeks in floods

The SES has warned some NSW residents to prepare for up to six weeks of isolation due to flooding.

Water has been captured gushing through a jetty in WA’s northwest after ex-Tropical Cyclone Dianne made landfall on Saturday morning, with residents warned the system is “still bringing some decent rain”. The category one system crossed to the east of Cockatoo Island about 2am Saturday. Picture: Weatherzone.

‘Decent rain’: Warning amid ex-Cyclone

Locals have been warned ex-Tropical Cyclone Dianne is continuing to bring “decent rain” hours after it made landfall on Saturday morning.

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