The effects of climate change on your suburb and city revealed

The effects of climate change on your suburb and city revealed

Sustained high temperatures would make parts of Australia essentially uninhabitable for months of the year,according to new analysis. Search the impact on your area.

  • byBianca Hall

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75,000 lightning strikes,mass train chaos:Sydney hit by storms
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75,000 lightning strikes,mass train chaos:Sydney hit by storms

Tens of thousands of homes and businesses were left without power and four people were hospitalised after being struck by lightning.

  • byAnthony Segaert andJessica McSweeney
Garden wars:Botanic Garden’s top plants put to the test

Garden wars:Botanic Garden’s top plants put to the test

Petunias and begonias are the latest winners of the Royal Botanic Garden’s plant trials,but gardeners have been warned not to blindly follow its advice.

  • byAndrew Taylor
Sydney suburbs hit 40 degrees as southerly buster promises relief

Sydney suburbs hit 40 degrees as southerly buster promises relief

A southerly buster forecast for Sydney overnight will usher in cooler temperatures for the start of the week. But the city’s set for a weather rollercoaster.

  • byMegan Gorrey andJosefine Ganko
Western Sydney hit by storms after bushwalkers struck by lightning

Western Sydney hit by storms after bushwalkers struck by lightning

Severe thunderstorms swept through the Blue Mountains and Western Sydney on Thursday,a day after lightning struck four people on the Three Sisters track.

  • bySarah McPhee andJessica McSweeney
Hailstorm brings white Christmas to central NSW

Hailstorm brings white Christmas to central NSW

Five-centimetre hailstones broke windows and damaged cars as a low-pressure system headed east towards Sydney.

  • byAngus Thomson
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Twenty Sydney SES rescues as storms lash the state and homes inundated
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Twenty Sydney SES rescues as storms lash the state and homes inundated

Severe thunderstorms are lashing northern NSW and the South Coast on Sunday evening and parts of Sydney are at risk of flash floods.

  • byAngus Dalton andCaitlin Fitzsimmons
‘Potential for it to explode’:Sydney to Hobart skippers on alert over mystery weather

‘Potential for it to explode’:Sydney to Hobart skippers on alert over mystery weather

Three days out from the annual sailing classic,those aboard the 103-strong fleet still have more questions than answers about race conditions.

  • byEmma Kemp
What the weather has in store for NSW this Christmas Day

What the weather has in store for NSW this Christmas Day

Data from the Bureau of Meteorology shows that this year will be the coolest Christmas since 2020,when the city temperature was 21 degrees.

  • byLaura Chung
Sydney weather LIVE updates:City temperatures set to top 40 degrees as total fire ban issued across NSW

Sydney weather LIVE updates:City temperatures set to top 40 degrees as total fire ban issued across NSW

Temperatures are set to top 40 degrees in some parts of the city and a total fire ban has been issued as more than 50 fires burn across the state.

  • byLaura Chung andNigel Gladstone
Extreme fire danger for Sydney as temperatures soar to mid-40s

Extreme fire danger for Sydney as temperatures soar to mid-40s

Sydney is on high fire alert with temperatures set to hit the 40s and thousands predicted to pack beaches and outdoor spaces across the region this weekend.

  • byJessica McSweeney,Sarah Keoghan andLaura Chung