Winter blues:Melbourne endures its darkest season yet

Winter blues:Melbourne endures its darkest season yet

Melbourne’s winter was a lesson in extremes:darker,warmer and wetter. What can it tell us about our changing climate,and what summer might bring?

  • byBianca Hall,Hannah Kennelly andCaitlin Fitzsimmons

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Man dies after tree crushes car as wild wind batters state
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Man dies after tree crushes car as wild wind batters state

A man is dead and a woman aged in her 70s has been flown to hospital after a tree fell on their vehicle at Gellibrand in the Otway Ranges.

  • byCassandra Morgan andHannah Kennelly
Batten down the hatches:Strongest cold front this winter set to lash Victoria

Batten down the hatches:Strongest cold front this winter set to lash Victoria

Authorities are warning Victorians to secure loose items and park their cars away from trees as destructive winds are forecast for the state from midnight on Tuesday.

  • byBenjamin Preiss
Thousands without power after wild storm batters Victoria

Thousands without power after wild storm batters Victoria

The SES was inundated with calls for help when a powerful storm smashed the state with lightning and heavy rain,damaging buildings and downing trees.

  • byAshleigh McMillan,Roy Ward andAngus Delaney
Lightning streaks across the skies of Melbourne
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Lightning streaks across the skies of Melbourne

SES reports hundreds of callouts as trees downed,buildings damaged and hail hits Bendigo

Why the last frost of the season is important for your garden

Why the last frost of the season is important for your garden

Your final frost of the season might be yet to come. Here’s how to make the most of this key milestone.

  • byMegan Backhouse
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I don’t own a puffer jacket or drink coffee. But this is how I know I’m a legit Melburnian
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I don’t own a puffer jacket or drink coffee. But this is how I know I’m a legit Melburnian

When guys on Hinge or Bumble asked me who I barrack for,I was stumped. When pressed to decide,I left the apps instead.

  • byMaida Pineda
Blue supermoon dazzles Victorian stargazers

Blue supermoon dazzles Victorian stargazers

The astronomical encore appeared from Sunday morning through to early Wednesday morning,delighting photographers and stargazers.

  • byHannah Kennelly
Melbourne set for warmer week – but winter isn’t over

Melbourne set for warmer week – but winter isn’t over

The mercury is expected to hit 20 degrees in Melbourne for four days straight,but the weather bureau says it isn’t time to put the winter woollies away yet.

  • byLachlan Abbott
The polar vortex bringing icy temperatures across southern Australia

The polar vortex bringing icy temperatures across southern Australia

A destabilised weather pattern has pushed the polar vortex high above Antarctica off course,pushing freezing winds into southern Australia. When will it end?

  • byBianca Hall
Record-breaking weather system brings rain and freezing mornings

Record-breaking weather system brings rain and freezing mornings

Rain in Sydney and record-breaking cold in Victoria is down to an abnormal anticyclone that could go down in history.

  • byAngus Dalton