After a rocky couple of years,when La Nina-driven storms gnawed away at the coastline,the onset of El Nino has allowed beaches to beef back up with sand.
Sydney is on track to swelter through its hottest September day on record. Follow live as we take you through what is set to be a scorcher.
The highest recorded temperature in Sydney was 35.7 degrees at the airport,while firefighters battled blazes on the city’s western outskirts.
A severe heatwave and strong winds have put fire crews across the state on high alert.
Sydney’s first total fire ban since November 2020 comes amid a five-day blast of heat,with extreme fire danger expected later in the week.
Residents flocked to beaches and pools across the city on Saturday so they could get some reprieve from temperatures that are predicted to hit 30 degrees or more every day until Thursday.
Sydney awoke to a blanket of smoke on Monday as hazard reduction burns continue across both the city’s north and south.
While Whoopi ponders a Frankensister act.
Ten thousand lightning strikes were recorded in Sydney over just two hours on Wednesday afternoon.
There will be little rain and clear skies as the city experiences temperatures ranging from the low to mid-20s throughout the week.
Ten centimetres fell at Perisher and five centimetres at Thredbo in the 24 hours to 7am on Friday,with more snow expected over the coming days and into next week,when larger falls are possible.