More and more Australians are opting for safer holiday destinations to ensure their hard-earned breaks aren’t scuppered by extreme weather events.
Last Christmas a storm cell smashed Sydney and a plane was struck by lightning. Here’s what’s in store this year.
The mercury hit 32 degrees in Sydney’s CBD and climbed to more than 40 degrees out west.
The weather bureau has warned south-east Queensland residents to prepare for more falls in coming days.
Residents of Clarkes Hill,Wattle Flat and Dean were told shortly before 7pm to leave immediately,after a bushfire started near Creswick,but that advice has since been downgraded.
Though temperature records were not broken across the state on Monday as feared,scientists are finding that even a standard summer day presents real dangers in Sydney.
“For the toll,it’s going to be complicated,because Mayotte is a Muslim land where the dead are buried within 24 hours,” a French Interior Ministry official said.
Temperatures are forecast to soar over 40 degrees across much of Victoria on Monday. The CFA has warned people in bushfire-risk areas to be prepared to leave early.
Sydney’s “low-intensity heatwave” is set to end on Sunday,with warnings of severe thunderstorms in the city cancelled.
Areas west of Brisbane experienced 50 millimetres of rain in 30 minutes as rivers expected to swell.
Emergency services are urging Sydneysiders to avoid unnecessary travel after a person was rescued from floodwaters overnight and forecasters warn there’s more rain to come.