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A flooded street in Seaford after Thursday night’s storm.

‘A couple of streets are under water’: Melbourne’s Bayside hit with flash flooding

Heavy rain on Thursday night flooded areas of Frankston and Seaford, while thunderstorms continue in Victoria’s north.

  • Alexander Darling

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Heating Australia: Average temperatures from 1910 to 2024

Heatwaves, fires, torrential rain, fish kills: Australia’s summer of climate extremes

The weather bureau is forecasting a hot autumn across most of Australia, after an unusually hot summer marked by natural disasters.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
The Little Desert fire has burnt more than 90,000 hectares, or two-thirds of the national park.

Grampians residents warned to evacuate, cool change brings city relief

Eleven towns in Victoria’s west are at risk from a bushfire burning out of control near the Grampians, as the winds that carried a cool change to Melbourne brought new threats for firefighters.

  • Lachlan Abbott, Alexander Darling and Angus Delaney
Melbourne Airport recorded a temperature of 38.6 about 3.10pm on Monday, while the mercury at Olympic Park peaked at 37.8 degrees just before 4pm, shy of the 38.5 degrees reached on Sunday afternoon.

Firefighters make narrow escape, homes lost as state swelters

Melbourne hit 39 degrees on Monday after three firefighters made a narrow escape when their vehicle caught alight in the Little Desert National Park.

  • Cassandra Morgan and Lachlan Abbott
A woman and a dog walk around Albert Park this week.

Storms hit Geelong, Phillip Island as state braces for extended heatwave

As many 40,000 homes are without power and the SES has been swamped with calls for help after lightning and thunderstorms struck on Sunday evening.

  • Ashleigh McMillan, Angus Delaney and Roy Ward
The Little Desert fire burning out of control on Monday.

Residents told it’s too late to leave as fire threatens homes in Victoria’s west

A cool change has brought relief from the heat around the state, but bushfires are still raging in Victoria’s west.

  • Cassandra Morgan and Lachlan Abbott
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Hot weather predicted for Monday.

What time to leave the beach before scorching heat turns to wild winds

Victorians will endure quickly soaring heat on Monday morning and a change that could hit bayside beaches with strong wind gusts.

  • Roy Ward
Monday’s public holiday is expected to be a scorcher, with temperatures above 40 degrees in Melbourne.

‘Fantastic’ weather for tennis finals ahead of statewide scorcher

Extreme fire danger ratings are in place for much of Victoria on Monday, with temperatures set to exceed 40 degrees.

  • Cassandra Morgan
Climate changed has increased the risk of Melbourne experiencing LA-type fires.

The home front: Could the Los Angeles fires happen in Australia?

Experts say it is only a matter of time until major Australian cities experience “house-to-house ignition” on a similar scale to Los Angeles.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Bianca Hall
landslip in McCrae

Surgery for injured worker as unsafe landslide homes remain off limits

The Age has obtained a recording of a meeting the Mornington Peninsula Shire council held with affected residents, at which authorities said work to identify the source of the landslide was ongoing.

  • Lachlan Abbott, Sarah Danckert and Angus Delaney

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