Dangerous surf conditions have claimed four lives in NSW over the Easter weekend and authorities spent Saturday searching for a 24-year-old washed off the rocks at Little Bay.
Three people have drowned in a horror day on the NSW coast as waves up to five metres high threaten beach plans for the Easter break.
Experts say a warmer-than-average April means there are more beach days to come. But will the sun linger long enough to bless our long weekend with good weather?
More than 6000 hectares are being burned as authorities catch up on delayed hazard reductions.
Huge swells have hammered the city’s beaches, damaging walkways and inundating footpaths.
Rescuers are searching for a man whose car was swept away west of Taree as authorities say some communities could be trapped by floodwater for six weeks.
As Sydney endured a brutally hot, dry and windy Sunday, one group turned to a traditional way to manage the heat.
Inner Sydney is set to reach 37 degrees on Sunday, possibly exceeding temperatures in parts of the west due to an unusual weather phenomenon.
Temperatures will climb almost 10 degrees above average in Sydney this weekend before a southerly buster-like cool change sweeps through the city.
Areas of Lismore are already flooded, with rising water inching closer to breaching the city’s levee as the SES calls Saturday “D-Day” for the state.