Weather Warnings

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 Bureau of Meteorology is warning that a heatwave in Queensland coupled with gusty winds could create an extreme fire risk in parts of the state.

Victorian authorities brace for difficult fire conditions with high temperatures and storms with dry lightning forecast this week.

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.

Severe thunderstorms have caused flash flooding across Victoria, cutting major roads and inundating some properties.

The weather bureau says to expect heavy rain, flash flooding, large hail and damaging winds across the state, with the north-east forecast to be the hardest hit.

A severe storm has left Broken Hill and the surrounding region without power and the power infrastructure company says it could take weeks to fix the damage.

The SES has received 90 calls for help over the past 24 hours, predominantly from residents in the Moreton Bay area, north of Brisbane.

Hail, heavy rain and damaging winds hit parts of south-east Queensland with more thunderstorms possible on Wednesday. 

The Bureau of Meteorology says there is no tsunami headed to Australia after sending a false warning to half the country earlier today.

The woman, believed to be in her 60s, was hit on Castlereagh Street in Liverpool about 1pm. She was treated by paramedics but died at the scene.

Police say they are "gobsmacked" and the premier calls it "stupidity" after a group of more than a dozen bushwalkers, including children, were rescued in treacherous weather conditions on kunanyi/Mt Wellington.

Tens of thousands of households are still without power as Victorians count the cost of wild storms that have lashed the state.

Authorities in Tasmania are pleading with the public to stay up to date with weather warnings, with a lull on Saturday to be followed by worsening conditions later in the day and overnight.

Multiple wind warnings have been re-issued for south-east Australia as another powerful cold front approaches from the Southern Ocean. The powerful westerlies could life maximums as much as 12 above average on the east coast – warm enough to threaten winter records from Sydney to Brisbane.

For Tasmanians fed up with the current wild weather over the state, it could take until end of next week for the rain and wind to blow away, the BOM says.

It may be the last week of winter but temperatures are rising across Australia — and in several places, winter heat records have already been broken. 

Golfball-sized hail has pelted parts of Victoria, with a severe thunderstorm warning now issued for Melbourne.

Heavy rain could lead to flash flooding across south-east Queensland this week, with the weather bureau warning of dangerous surf conditions and predicting "a few thunderstorms in the mix as well".