Forecasters say a tropical low in the southern Gulf of Carpentaria in Queensland will become a cyclone sometime overnight.

On March 14, Tropical Low 17U slowly began to weaken as the storm made landfall on the northeastern border of Western Australia. Several hours later, 17U made a second landfall over the northwestern border of the Northern Territory. Afterwards, TCWC Darwin issued their last bulletin on the storm as it ...

Roads have been closed and flights cancelled as a category three cyclone approaches Western Australia's Pilbara coast.

On March 9, an area of low pressure developed to the north of Kimberley. Over the next 3 days, the low moved into the Timor Sea, as the storm slowly intensified. On March 12, TCWC Darwin reported that the storm had intensified into a tropical low, and gave it the ...

PERTH (Reuters) - Australia's Port Hedland, one of the world's largest export terminals for iron ore, is preparing to shut down ahead of Tropical Cyclone Lua, a port official said on Thursday.

The weather bureau has cancelled its cyclone warning for parts of the western Top End in the Northern Territory and Western Australia but warns of the prospect of more torrential rain.

A Cyclone WATCH has been declared for coastal areas from Mardie to Cape Leveque in Western Australia with TC Lua expected to become a category 3 Cyclone during Friday. Cyclones of this strength would trigger destructive winds between 165 - 224 km/h which would be capable of some roof and...

The Northern Territory's Top End is bracing for a possible cyclone this morning.

Recent rain in South Australia's outback has increased the number of several native species.

A young boy has been rescued after being trapped by sand being used to fill sandbags in flood-stricken New South Wales.

The monsoon has been relatively quite through this cyclone season but a burst of activity is currently taking place to the northwest of the Australian continent.

GREAT DELUGE: Flood Misery - 5000 Evacuated in Wagga Wagga as Floods Continue in Australia! A mass evacuation is now underway in Wagga Wagga after new forecasts predicted the Murrumbidgee River would overflow the town's levee system. More than 5...

Death cap mushrooms are popping up again in the ACT, prompting warnings to be careful after two people died from eating them in January.

27.02.2012 - 03:38:39 - Extreme Weather event happened in Australia / Australia.

Maranoa Mayor Robert Loughnan says he is still overwhelmed by the generosity shown to flood-affected communities across Queensland's southern inland.

Wild weather lashes parts of NSWBigPond NewsMeanwhile, a severe thunderstorm warning is current for many parts of the state including Lismore, Grafton, Penrith, Parramatta, Nowra, Bowral, Campbelltown, Braidwood and Bega. More wild weather is predicted...

08.02.2012 - 11:48:02 - Flash Flood event happened in Australia / Australia.

Australia's projections for a bumper cotton crop remain on track despite a week-long deluge in major growing regions that forced thousands of residents from their homes and left rivers dangerously swollen.

In Australia thousands of people living in the state of Queensland have been ordered to abandon their homes because of rising floodwaters.

Authorities were using military helicopters and a C-130 cargo plane Sunday to evacuate thousands of residents stranded by rising floodwaters in the eastern Australian state of Queensland, the government said.

02.02.2012 - 04:08:48 - Flood event happened in Australia / Australia.

The world is in the midst of a boom in groundwater use. The rate of extraction from aquifers more than doubled in the 40 years to 2000. It has continued to soar since then. Professor Craig Simmons, who directs Australia's National Center for Groundwat...

31.01.2012 - 15:09:20 - Flash Flood event happened in Australia / Australia.

28.01.2012 - 11:56:10 - Flood event happened in Australia / Australia.

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This week is shaping up as one of extreme weather across the Australian continent, according to weatherzone.

Residents in one of Australia's busiest port towns have been given a red alert as Tropical Cyclone Heidi approaches.

The Bureau of Meteorology has confirmed 2011 was Australia's third-wettest year on record and the wettest year since 1970.

ALMOST 70 centimetres of rain was dumped across Australia last year, making it the third wettest year since uniform rain records began in 1900.

Australia has enjoyed its third wettest year since records began in 1900, receiving a mean rainfall total of 699mm in 2011.