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Our unhinged annual Christmas obsession is the one thing Aussies can’t control
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Our unhinged annual Christmas obsession is the one thing Aussies can’t control

You’d think living in a country where the weather swings from droughts to flash floods might’ve taught us to be laid-back. Yeah, nah.

  • by Kate Halfpenny

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Blue skies and sunscreen or lunch inside? The Christmas Day forecast is in

Blue skies and sunscreen or lunch inside? The Christmas Day forecast is in

Last Christmas a storm cell smashed Sydney and a plane was struck by lightning. Here’s what’s in store this year.

  • by Angus Dalton
Sydney swelters before southerly buster provides relief

Sydney swelters before southerly buster provides relief

The mercury hit 32 degrees in Sydney’s CBD and climbed to more than 40 degrees out west.

  • by Jessica McSweeney, Riley Walter and Penry Buckley
As the heat soars, dangers mount in Sydney’s parks and playgrounds

As the heat soars, dangers mount in Sydney’s parks and playgrounds

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.

  • by Nick O'Malley and Nick Moir
‘Absolute humidity’: Sydney’s muggy weather set to end

‘Absolute humidity’: Sydney’s muggy weather set to end

Sydney’s “low-intensity heatwave” is set to end on Sunday, with warnings of severe thunderstorms in the city cancelled.

  • by Nigel Gladstone
The rare phenomenon that has shrouded Sydney in fog

The rare phenomenon that has shrouded Sydney in fog

Thick bands of summer fog transformed Sydney on Friday. Here’s why there’s more to come.

  • by Angus Dalton
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The colours you should avoid wearing if you’re a mosquito magnet

The colours you should avoid wearing if you’re a mosquito magnet

As mosquito season begins, we ask: why do the little blighters terrorise some and spare others? It could be down to your outfit.

  • by Angus Dalton
‘Swimming in Double Bay’: Flash flooding leaves suburb submerged

‘Swimming in Double Bay’: Flash flooding leaves suburb submerged

Footage of a storm in Sydney on Sunday captured vehicles ploughing through flooded streets and water lapping at the entrance of shops.

  • by Chris Barrett
Flood warnings, more storms as a month’s worth of rain falls on Sydney

Flood warnings, more storms as a month’s worth of rain falls on Sydney

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.

  • by Angus Thomson
Thunderstorms, heavy rain forecast to hit Sydney after heatwave

Thunderstorms, heavy rain forecast to hit Sydney after heatwave

Severe storms are forecast for the last weekend of spring in Sydney after the city sweated through some of the hottest temperatures in the country.

  • by Riley Walter
Sydney’s relieving southerly buster may be running out of puff

Sydney’s relieving southerly buster may be running out of puff

Desperate for a cool change? New analysis shows Sydneysiders should change their expectations of the city’s defining weather event.

  • by Angus Dalton