Sodden or scorching? What the weather bureau is predicting for Brisbane’s summer

Sodden or scorching? What the weather bureau is predicting for Brisbane’s summer

The high-risk weather season is under way,with storms already providing a taste of what’s to come.

  • byMarissa Calligeros

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State’s climate future revealed:Success is hot and failure is hotter

State’s climate future revealed:Success is hot and failure is hotter

NSW climate modelling used by government and councils includes a low-emissions scenario for the first time alongside the more pessimistic forecast.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Seven ways to keep cool in sweltering southern Europe

Seven ways to keep cool in sweltering southern Europe

If you travel through southern Europe during the hottest part of the year,you’ll need a little respite from the sun. Here are seven of the best ways to keep cool.

  • byMaria Pasquale
World’s hottest day recorded,but land temperatures will be even higher

World’s hottest day recorded,but land temperatures will be even higher

The last 12 months have set new temperature records,with the 12-month global average 1.64 degrees above the pre-Industrial average.

  • byGloria Dickie andBianca Hall
Desperate for water,some Delhi residents are prepared to kill

Desperate for water,some Delhi residents are prepared to kill

The streets feel like an oven. Driving a water truck is dangerous work when water is rationed:people will do anything to quench their family’s thirst.

  • bySameer Yasir
Was it really hotter inside than out this summer? 100 renters found out

Was it really hotter inside than out this summer? 100 renters found out

A hot summer,a rental crisis and a cost-of-living crisis left some homes ranging from uncomfortable to nearly unlivable.

  • byJim Malo andKate Burke
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Extreme weather is wreaking havoc on Australian music festivals. Can they survive?

Extreme weather is wreaking havoc on Australian music festivals. Can they survive?

The cancellation of Victoria’s Pitch festival amid extreme heat and the death of a patron has restarted urgent conversations about Australia’s beloved festivals.

  • byNell Geraets
Pitch festival cancelled,reveller dies as state’s heatwave drags on

Pitch festival cancelled,reveller dies as state’s heatwave drags on

Relief from the heat is not expected to arrive until Tuesday as outdoor events across Victoria are cancelled and the state remains on high alert for bushfires.

  • bySherryn Groch andRoy Ward
Festival chaos across Victoria amid extreme heat and bushfire warning
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Festival chaos across Victoria amid extreme heat and bushfire warning

The Moomba parade has been cancelled due to forecast severe heat,as drama engulfs a camping arts festival in regional Victoria that is proceeding despite an extreme fire warning.

  • byRachael Dexter andMax Walden
Heatwave warnings issued as state prepares for soaring temperatures

Heatwave warnings issued as state prepares for soaring temperatures

Victoria is set to sizzle through a heatwave this long weekend,with temperatures expected to reach into the 40s in some parts of the state.

  • byBenjamin Preiss
Sydney in a scorcher on the final day of summer
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Sydney in a scorcher on the final day of summer

We may be saying goodbye to summer on Thursday,but the season is going out with a bang as a heatwave brings sweltering temperatures to Sydney.

  • byJessica McSweeney