Floating posts lighten flood burden
IN RURAL and regional communities, the impacts of ongoing weather extremes are often hardest felt.
Weather
Like ducks to water
THE latest wet weather has generally been good news for farmers as storages are replenished and paddocks get a good soaking.
A year of rain already
PARTS of Victoria have recorded more than their annual average rain, with five months of the year still remaining.
Big dam on flood footing
LANDOWNERS downstream of the Hume Dam are being warned to start preparing for a flood, with a spill this month a possibility.
First drought, now flood warnings
THE scars of drought in Victoria have been swamped by flood warnings in the past week.
Mud pies not sausage rolls
WET, wild and wintry conditions soaked country footy grounds on the weekend.
Rain falls in western Victoria
THERE were some good falls of rain across western Victoria last night.
Floodwaters rising in NSW Central West
RESIDENTS around the central NSW town of Canowindra are bracing for flooding as the Belubula River nears its peak.
Soaking helps, but more needed
MORE rain is still needed to improve water allocations for Victorian irrigators.
Snow surrounds Kryal Castle
A CARPET of snow surrounding the faux medieval Kryal Castle near Ballarat has been spectacularly captured using a drone by Higher Perspective Photography.
Weather outlook is damp
GET out your oilskin and gumboots, southeast Australia is in for a wet couple of weeks.
Snow falls as Antarctic chill hits Victoria
LATEST: SNOW has turned Victoria into a winter wonderland, blanketing towns near Melbourne as an Antarctic chill sweeps across the state. SEE THE PICS
Relief at best rain in ages
IN JUST 24 hours, Rod Cope went from having an average on-farm water supply to a near overflowing dam.
No snow at Mildura, only dust
A DUST storm battered Mildura as snow began to blanket other parts of Victoria.
Drought, now drenched
FARMS in parts of Victoria are awash after heavy rain last week turned grass into mud and flooded low-lying vegetable crops.
Temperatures to fall across Victoria
A TIN roof has been blown off a house, a trailer detached from a truck and large trees ripped from their roots as wild winds blast Victoria.
Tasmania gets ready for snow
TASMANIANS can expect some school holiday snow fun with falls reaching almost to sea level as the result of a cold front approaching from the west.
Snow, rain forecast for Adelaide Hills
SNOW has been forecast for the Adelaide Hills and the mid north of South Australia as severe weather moves across the state.
Deep freeze as storm blasts nation
RESIDENTS in some of the biggest cities in Australia are likely to see snow this week as gusty Antarctic winds hit and temperatures plummet.
River to reach major flood levels
A MAJOR flood level warning has been issued for a Victorian river at risk of bursting its banks due to heavy rain.
More rain coming
RAIN totals of up to 20mm are possible for the northern Wimmera on the weekend.
Quick thinking farmer saves family
LATEST: A QUICK thinking farmer on a jetski has rescued a family stuck in rising flood waters in Orbost this morning.
White on time
ASHLEY and Brenda Lynch and their sons Brady and Cooper frolic in Grampians snow, which has finally fallen after a warm start to the season.
Dairies unsure of long-term damage
MILK production in Tasmania is not expected to take a huge hit immediately due to the recent floods, but authorities are unsure about flow-on effects.
Rain, livestock records fall
RECORDS have tumbled with parts of southeast Australia receiving four times more rain than normal this month.
Anxious eye on sky
SOUTHERN Mallee farmers are understandably anxious about having enough water to sow their crops this season.
Hard time to forecast
THE rain outlook for autumn and winter is tipped to be average or slightly wetter than average across Victoria.
Relief from scorching summer in sight
SUMMER may officially be over, but no one has told Mother Nature.
Rain brings some relief
ST ARNAUD appears to have received the best of Victoria’s overnight rain totals with 20mm.
Twister captured on video
BRAD and Deb Hocking spotted this monster willy-willy near the You Yangs when they were driving from Bacchus Marsh to Geelong last week.
La Nina pops up
SOME long range forecasts are now suggesting a wetter La Nina climate may influence Victoria’s weather this winter.
Drought to break in autumn
DROUGHT will break across most of Victoria in autumn, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
Winter shift hits crops
EXCLUSIVE: AUSTRALIA has a new climate, according to research from the Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre.
Call that a drought? Now for bad news
DROUGHT-hit eastern Australia is, surprisingly, coming out of a long, wet phase.
Worst of El Nino looks over
THE current El Nino weather pattern has not lived up to its “Godzilla” status as it continues to show signs of weakening.
El Nino continues to weaken
THE strongest El Nino in more than a decade is continuing to weaken.
Rain continues to fall across Victoria
GIPPSLAND recorded big rain totals yesterday, with the Latrobe Valley receiving 50mm in overnight storms.
Dam fine downpour
FARMERS have cautiously welcomed good rain across southeast Australia.
Soaking for North East
A WET summer is becoming the norm for the Mitchell family.
Storms batter Victoria
ARARAT has already received 22mm of rain today as thunderstorms continue to batter Victoria.
Rain falls across Victoria
RAIN is continuing to fall in the northeast of Victoria, with most areas of the state receiving between 5-20mm today.
Storms, wild winds lash Victoria
UPDATE: A SEVERE thunderstorm warning was cancelled at 8.30am but not before much-needed rain was recorded in western Victoria.
Rain on the way
MORE than 20mm is expected in some storms predicted to arrive in Victoria on Friday.
Change to follow scorcher
SOUTHEAST Australia is in for a scorcher with the mercury forecast to hit 45C tomorrow.
State of extremes
SWAN Hill has experienced its driest year since the height of the millennium drought.
Deluge offers relief from dry
FARMERS have welcomed up to 95mm of rain that fell as a storm swept across parched parts of Victoria at the weekend.
Southern NSW raining champion
THE Murray River separated the good from the ordinary in terms of rainfall this year.
Victoria turns on the heat
THE parched Mallee region in Victoria is expected to feel the brunt of a scorching heatwave this weekend.
Rain hope as El Nino fizzles
UPDATE: VICTORIA will receive its first burst of summer heat on the weekend.
Spring moisture defies the odds
PARTS of southeast Australia have defied the strongest El Nino weather conditions in a decade.
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