Many parts of Australia have already broken early winter maximum and minimum temperature records. In southern Australia, Sydney and Melbourne had their warmest ever starts to winter. Daily ...

The Australian Open is off to a cooler start today after parts of Melbourne buckled under 45-degree heat yesterday, with a heatwave setting historic temperature records across the country's south-east ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Australia is bracing for extreme bushfire danger as soaring temperatures fuel what forecasters say may be the most severe heatwave ...

Something unusual is unfolding across Australia’s weather maps this winter, with conditions behaving differently to what many would expect in June.

An El Niño event is officially underway in Australia, with the weather pattern predicted to be "strong to very strong" this year, according to the Bureau of Meteorology. "Forecasts are pointing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Australia is in the midst of an exceptional, multi-day heat wave across the southeast portions of the continent. The temperature ...

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 ...

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.

There’s nothing like gliding down a snow-covered slope. That’s if you ask the thousands of people that make an annual ...

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 ...

Scientists have warned that the impacts of El Niño are becoming harder to predict due to climate change. However, past cycles have reduced rainfall across winter and spring, particularly in the ...