The temperature high above Antarctica has climbed more than 30 degrees Celsius in the past week. This is known as Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW), an event that has the potential to disrupt weather ...

Australia's weather in 2026 is likely to shift rapidly from widespread flooding to drought, extreme heat and bushfires. The potential flip is due to the probable emergence of El Niño in the coming ...

A warm start to winter is part of a global trend of unseasonable temperatures caused by global heating ...

A series of low-pressure systems is drenching Australia this week, quickly turning this May into one of the wettest on record for parts of the country's east. The focus today is north-east NSW and ...

After months of anticipation, the Bureau of Meteorology officially declared an El Niño on June 16. El Niño is a naturally occurring variation in temperature and winds across the Pacific Ocean that can ...

SYDNEY, June 16 (Reuters) - Australia's weather bureau warned on Tuesday that an El Nino weather pattern ‌has formed in the tropical Pacific and could intensify in ‌the second half of 2026 to become ...

At month's end, much of Australia was hit by a record-breaking heat wave and damaging winds —conditions that can dry out a green landscape with devastating efficiency, turning it into fuel for a ...

For an El Niño year, 2026 is so far the wettest on record for Australia, and an influx of tropical moisture is about to deliver another round of widespread rain.

June was marked by a series of rainbands crossing the south, centre and eastern inland. Huge tracts of land have copped close to double their monthly rainfall average – especially in South Australia.