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A white-hot Christmas? Not quite. But as for the weekend before...

A white-hot Christmas? Not quite. But as for the weekend before...

Perth is staring down two days of 40-plus over the final weekend before Christmas even as coral bleaches in Broome – but then things take a cooler turn.

  • by Cameron Myles and Emma Young

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Out-of-control bushfire near Ballarat is downgraded after mercury cools from 40-degree peak
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Out-of-control bushfire near Ballarat is downgraded after mercury cools from 40-degree peak

Residents of Clarkes Hill, Wattle Flat and Dean were told shortly before 7pm to leave immediately, after a bushfire started near Creswick, but that advice has since been downgraded.

  • by Angus Delaney and Lachlan Abbott
These are our ‘sweatiest suburbs’, putting vulnerable at risk in heatwaves

These are our ‘sweatiest suburbs’, putting vulnerable at risk in heatwaves

Inner Melbourne, the northern and south-eastern suburbs are the worst places to be during high heat according to a new metric of Australia’s “sweatiest cities”.

  • by Adam Carey
‘Absolute humidity’: Sydney’s muggy weather set to end

‘Absolute humidity’: Sydney’s muggy weather set to end

Sydney’s “low-intensity heatwave” is set to end on Sunday, with warnings of severe thunderstorms in the city cancelled.

  • by Nigel Gladstone
Spring rains do little to quench WA soils as we head into another hot summer

Spring rains do little to quench WA soils as we head into another hot summer

Cooler than last summer but still hotter than average - WA braces for more heatwaves.

  • by Claire Ottaviano
Sodden or scorching? What the weather bureau is predicting for Brisbane’s summer

Sodden or scorching? What the weather bureau is predicting for Brisbane’s summer

The high-risk weather season is under way, with storms already providing a taste of what’s to come.

  • by Marissa Calligeros
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State’s climate future revealed: Success is hot and failure is hotter

State’s climate future revealed: Success is hot and failure is hotter

NSW climate modelling used by government and councils includes a low-emissions scenario for the first time alongside the more pessimistic forecast.  

  • by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Seven ways to keep cool in sweltering southern Europe

Seven ways to keep cool in sweltering southern Europe

If you travel through southern Europe during the hottest part of the year, you’ll need a little respite from the sun. Here are seven of the best ways to keep cool.

  • by Maria Pasquale
World’s hottest day recorded, but land temperatures will be even higher

World’s hottest day recorded, but land temperatures will be even higher

The last 12 months have set new temperature records, with the 12-month global average 1.64 degrees above the pre-Industrial average.

  • by Gloria Dickie and Bianca Hall
Desperate for water, some Delhi residents are prepared to kill

Desperate for water, some Delhi residents are prepared to kill

The streets feel like an oven. Driving a water truck is dangerous work when water is rationed: people will do anything to quench their family’s thirst.

  • by Sameer Yasir
Was it really hotter inside than out this summer? 100 renters found out

Was it really hotter inside than out this summer? 100 renters found out

A hot summer, a rental crisis and a cost-of-living crisis left some homes ranging from uncomfortable to nearly unlivable.

  • by Jim Malo and Kate Burke

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