Weather
Broken records or broken masts: Wild weather set to lash Sydney to Hobart
Sailors were warned of gale force winds, lightning and abrupt weather changes in the final days before the Boxing Day race.
- by Nick Newling
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From sunburn to storms: How climate change is redefining the Aussie summer getaway
More and more Australians are opting for safer holiday destinations to ensure their hard-earned breaks aren’t scuppered by extreme weather events.
- by Katelyn Catanzariti
Opinion
Christmas
Our unhinged annual Christmas obsession is the one thing Aussies can’t control
You’d think living in a country where the weather swings from droughts to flash floods might’ve taught us to be laid-back. Yeah, nah.
- by Kate Halfpenny
Blue skies and sunscreen or lunch inside? The Christmas Day forecast is in
Last Christmas a storm cell smashed Sydney and a plane was struck by lightning. Here’s what’s in store this year.
- by Angus Dalton
Sydney swelters before southerly buster provides relief
The mercury hit 32 degrees in Sydney’s CBD and climbed to more than 40 degrees out west.
- by Jessica McSweeney, Riley Walter and Penry Buckley
As the heat soars, dangers mount in Sydney’s parks and playgrounds
Though temperature records were not broken across the state on Monday as feared, scientists are finding that even a standard summer day presents real dangers in Sydney.
- by Nick O'Malley and Nick Moir
‘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
The rare phenomenon that has shrouded Sydney in fog
Thick bands of summer fog transformed Sydney on Friday. Here’s why there’s more to come.
- by Angus Dalton
The colours you should avoid wearing if you’re a mosquito magnet
As mosquito season begins, we ask: why do the little blighters terrorise some and spare others? It could be down to your outfit.
- by Angus Dalton
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‘Swimming in Double Bay’: Flash flooding leaves suburb submerged
Footage of a storm in Sydney on Sunday captured vehicles ploughing through flooded streets and water lapping at the entrance of shops.
- by Chris Barrett
Flood warnings, more storms as a month’s worth of rain falls on Sydney
Emergency services are urging Sydneysiders to avoid unnecessary travel after a person was rescued from floodwaters overnight and forecasters warn there’s more rain to come.
- by Angus Thomson
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