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‘Send every crew you’ve got’: Residents flee blaze amid unseasonal spring heatwave
Firefighters are responding to bushfires in Perth's north and south that are threatening lives and homes on a sweltering spring day.
A timelapse of the sun setting in Yalgoo
A timelapse captured in the inland Mid West town of Yalgoo on a scorching spring day.
Duration: 39 seconds
Heatwave warning issued for Perth and WA's South West as 'unprecedented' run of days above 35C looms
West Australians are gearing up for a "very unusual" run of hot November weather, with the temperature tipped to reach the high 30s for the next five days.
Weather in 90 seconds
Weather in 90 seconds
Duration: 1 minute 39 seconds
Weather in 90 seconds
Weather in 90 seconds
Duration: 1 minute 39 seconds
Parts of WA swelter through first day of potential record heatwave
The Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting unprecedented high temperatures surpassing 35C for seven days in a row in November.
Duration: 1 minute 37 seconds
Taylor Swift concertgoer dies in Brazil's record-breaking temperatures
The singer has returned to the stage, but the tragedy has brought the dangers of extreme heat into sharp focus.
Duration: 1 minute 48 seconds
Week-long spell of extreme heat and storms to hit Australia
Storms carrying the risk of heavy rain, large hail, and damaging winds are set to hit much of northern and eastern Australia this week while Western Australia bakes under a potential record-breaking November heatwave.
Weather in 90 seconds
Weather in 90 seconds
Duration: 1 minute 35 seconds
Weather in 90 seconds
Weather in 90 seconds
Duration: 1 minute 35 seconds
Farmers, firefighters rejoice as rain falls across fire-scorched Queensland
Water is falling on fire-scorched parts of Queensland, but today it's from Mother Nature, not firefighting aircraft.
Weather in 90 seconds
Weather in 90 seconds
Duration: 1 minute 40 seconds
Weather in 90 seconds
Weather in 90 seconds
Duration: 1 minute 40 seconds
Demand for drinking water at risk of outstripping supply
There are growing concerns some remote regions are facing the prospect of running out of drinking water as Australia faces extreme weather conditions.
Duration: 3 minutes 10 seconds
Major storm event on the horizon across Australia as El Niño takes a raincheck
After a near rainless September and October, and the prospect of the driest spring on record, November serves up a pleasant surprise: rain.
Looking at the weather ahead across Australia
Rain is forecast over the next week across Australia.
Duration: 13 seconds
Weather in 90 seconds
Weather in 90 seconds
Duration: 1 minute 33 seconds
Weather in 90 seconds
Weather in 90 seconds
Duration: 1 minute 33 seconds
40 degree heatwaves across western Queensland
Temperatures are expected to saw in Queensland's west, with the heat lingering in mid 30s well after the sun goes down.
Duration: 2 minutes 24 seconds
Weather in 90 seconds
Weather in 90 seconds
Duration: 1 minute 38 seconds
Weather in 90 seconds
Weather in 90 seconds
Duration: 1 minute 38 seconds
How weather, geography and fuel load influence fire behaviour in Tasmania
Tasmania's climate, geography, topography and biology paint a unique picture of fire danger and fire susceptibility between east and west, north and south of the island state.
El Niño is laying the foundations for unprecedented global temperatures next year
The current El Niño phase of the Pacific Ocean is forecast to peak during the coming months as one of the strongest on record, laying the platform for unprecedented global temperatures through 2024.
Hail storm destroys crops in Western Australia's Wheatbelt
A freak hail storm has blanketed parts of WA's Wheatbelt damaging crops in the middle of harvest.
Duration: 12 seconds
Home damaged, two women injured in storms as south-east Queensland faces 'warm and unstable' days ahead
Storms sweeping across parts of Queensland have left two women with minor injuries, after a piece of corrugated iron was picked up by strong winds and pierced the roof of a home near Kilcoy.