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Flood evacuations, walkers stranded in wild weather

Flood evacuations, walkers stranded in wild weather

Flood warnings have been issued in Tasmania and dozens of flights cancelled at Sydney Airport as wild weather continues to wreak havoc in three states.

Tassie floods as wild weather slams nation's southeast

Tassie floods as wild weather slams nation's southeast

Tassie floods as wild weather slams nation's southeast

Tassie floods as wild weather slams nation's southeast

Residents in the nation's southeast are bracing for more severe weather as thousands of Tasmanians prepare to evacuate their properties due to flooding.

Multiple states on alert as damaging winds continue

Multiple states on alert as damaging winds continue

Multiple states on alert as damaging winds continue

Multiple states on alert as damaging winds continue

There are severe weather warnings for damaging winds in multiple states, in addition to concerns about floods, falling trees and dangerous live power lines.

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Man dies after tree collapses on car in vicious storms

Man dies after tree collapses on car in vicious storms

A man has died after his car was crushed by a falling tree, as fierce storms continue to batter southern Australia, leaving a trail of damage and power outages.

Damage warning for wild weather to lash southern states

Damage warning for wild weather to lash southern states

With some of winter's biggest storms making their way south, five states are being warned to prepare for damaging winds and power outages.

More destructive storms forecast as southeast cleans up

More destructive storms forecast as southeast cleans up

States cleaning up after a blustery night have been told to brace for further wild weather, with more storms and damaging winds on the way.

Disaster insurance claims driven by Queensland events

Disaster insurance claims driven by Queensland events

Insurers paid out $2.2 billion in claims related to extreme weather events in 2023/24, in line with the previous year, new figures show.

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Mexico on red alert as Hurricane Beryl crosses coast

Mexico on red alert as Hurricane Beryl crosses coast

Mexico on red alert as Hurricane Beryl crosses coast

Mexico on red alert as Hurricane Beryl crosses coast

Hurricane Beryl has hit Mexico as a category 2 storm after wreaking deadly havoc across the Caribbean.

Three dead as Hurricane Beryl rips through Caribbean

Three dead as Hurricane Beryl rips through Caribbean

Three dead as Hurricane Beryl rips through Caribbean

Three dead as Hurricane Beryl rips through Caribbean

Jamaica is bracing for life-threatening winds as Hurricane Beryl continues to roar across the Caribbean as a deadly category 4 storm.

Hurricane Beryl tears through southeast Caribbean

Hurricane Beryl tears through southeast Caribbean

Hurricane Beryl tears through southeast Caribbean

Hurricane Beryl tears through southeast Caribbean

A hurricane warning is in effect for Jamaica after Beryl tore through the southeast Caribbean, killing at least two people.

Heavy rains and storms lash Sydney, WA coast

Heavy rains and storms lash Sydney, WA coast

Heavy rains and storms lash Sydney, WA coast

Heavy rains and storms lash Sydney, WA coast

Heavy rain that lashed Sydney saw the harbour city cop a month's worth of rain on the first day of winter, while parts of the WA coast were also drenched.

AusNet to pay $12m after outage tracker crash

AusNet to pay $12m after outage tracker crash

AusNet to pay $12m after outage tracker crash

AusNet to pay $12m after outage tracker crash

A major electricity distributor will fork out more cash to make up for the failure of its outage tracker during massive storms that lashed Victoria.

Dangerous weather heading north after record downpours

Dangerous weather heading north after record downpours

Dangerous weather heading north after record downpours

Dangerous weather heading north after record downpours

Heavy and intense rain is forecast in parts of NSW within days after storms lashed Victoria, with hundreds of calls for help amid record breaking downpours.

Rising floodwaters trigger more cyclone evacuations

Rising floodwaters trigger more cyclone evacuations

Rising floodwaters trigger more cyclone evacuations

Rising floodwaters trigger more cyclone evacuations

Almost 400 residents have been evacuated from a remote Northern Territory town battered by ex-Tropical Cyclone Megan, which left some communication severed.

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NT residents evacuated as cyclone triggers flooding

More than 100 residents have been evacuated from the remote Northern Territory town of Borroloola after Tropical Cyclone Megan swept through the community.

Ex-Tropical Cyclone Megan sweeps through inland NT

Residents in the path of ex-Topical Cyclone Megan have been warned to expect road closures and flash flooding across the Northern Territory.

Relief as 'resilient' family rescued from remote WA

Seven family members who were missing in remote flooded Western Australia for several days have been rescued and are said to be doing well.

Community health leaders push for disaster program

Another summer of fires and storms has reinforced the need for a permanent disaster recovery program within Victorian community health services, leaders say.

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Almost 13,000 Vic homes still off-grid after storms

Almost 13,000 Victorian homes and businesses remain without power following Tuesday's fierce storms and financial assistance is being offered.

Recovery effort begins for communities lashed by storms

More than a dozen homes are uninhabitable due to destructive storms that lashed most of Victoria, as recovery efforts begin.

Sixteen homes 'uninhabitable' as outage compo capped

Most Victorians caught up in a mass power outage will be ineligible for compensation as the damage to homes from destructive storms is laid bare.

Heavy rain causes floods as tropical cyclone looms

Tropical Cyclone Lincoln has formed in the Gulf of Carpentaria after a woman was found dead in floodwaters in Queensland's northwest.

Victorians face third dark night as energy grid fixed

Crews are whittling down the number of Victorian homes and businesses without power but many residents face another night in the dark following wild storms.

Climate change fuelling Australia's eighth-warmest year

Australia sweltered through its eighth-warmest year on record in 2023, according to a new report from the Bureau of Meteorology.

Severe weather warning for border as ex-Kirrily lingers

Flood-hit Queensland regions are bracing for another drenching from ex-Tropical Cyclone Kirrily amid calls for more resilient infrastructure.

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