Extreme Weather Events

A severe weather warning is in place across eastern NSW until Thursday, with temperatures expected to soar up to 12 degrees Celsius above average.

Parts of the state are on track to swelter through five consecutive days above 35C, with the NSW government receiving reports that the electricity grid could be under pressure.

A heavy downpour, hail and lightning which hit "out of nowhere" has left a train of destruction in Newman and the SES is warning residents to be prepared for similar weather events this wet season.

Roofs were ripped off and windows "exploded" in a wild storm that left Bill Tanner sleeping in a bus lent to him by a neighbour as other residents of the tiny town of Carinda pick up the pieces.

Bushfires continue to burn in the state's Wimmera region and along the Great Ocean Road, while heavy rainfall and potential flash flooding has been forecast in Gippsland.

Parts of South Australia are bracing for catastrophic fire conditions amid a burst of early summer season heat, with neighbouring regions in Victoria also on high alert.

The bureau is predicting this year’s cyclone season will be about average, but high ocean temperatures, responsible for giving cyclones their destructive energy, might mean they’re stronger than usual. 

The mercury is soaring in WA's Pilbara region and authorities are warning it could get even hotter over the summer months.

Thunderstorms and torrential rain have hit across Australia this week, with forecasts suggesting this weather could continue through this week and to the end of the year.

It's the 13th storm to batter the South-east Asian archipelago this year, and comes just weeks after powerful storms in the Philippines left more than 150 people dead. 

Severe winds have caused one of the two new Spirit of Tasmania vessels to break loose from its outfitting quay at a shipyard in Finland, but the extent of damage is yet to be determined.

Preliminary research shows human-caused climate change doubled the likelihood of a storm as intense as this week's deluge.

Australia's Pilbara region has been heating up, with temperatures soaring past 43C this week. The hot air is now starting to travel to the south-east, bringing along with it a heightened risk of fires.

Australia has warmed by 1.51 degrees as greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise. The BOM and CSIRO State of the Climate report shows it has fuelled extreme heat events over land and oceans, longer fire seasons and more intense heavy rainfall.

While progress has been made restoring stability to Broken Hill's power supply after wild weather destroyed key infrastructure, the mayor says the community has been "let down".

More than a week after a possible tornado tore through Broken Hill and wiped out seven transmission towers, the region is still grappling with rolling blackouts that are putting dialysis patients like Leroy and year 12 students studying for exams like Poppy on edge. 

The fallout from a storm that destroyed transmission infrastructure from Menindee to Tibooburra in regional NSW threatens to leave locals without power until November 6.

The tribunal overseeing energy prices in New South Wales is investigating whether power infrastructure company Transgrid failed to provide a reliable supply to residents in the far west after a second outage within a week.

Residents in the far west of New South Wales will be without power until Tuesday afternoon as the sole generator being used since wild weather brought down transmission towers has shut down.

It's one of Australia's worst infrastructure failures, a time bomb counting down to catastrophe for a city and farming community unaware of the threat until one man's alarming discovery.