Extreme summer heat is familiar in Australia, but meteorologists say the current conditions across the south-east go far beyond the usual seasonal extremes. A combination of record temperatures, ...

Parts of southeast Australia are set to endure their hottest day in years on Tuesday, with long-standing records under threat.

Almost every corner of Australia will pick up rain during the next seven days, including heavy falls and pockets of flooding ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's southeast on Saturday sweltered in a heat wave that raised the risk of bushfires and led authorities to issue fire bans for large parts of Victoria state. Australia ...

For the eighth consecutive day Australia's south-east inland will bake in temperatures well above 40 degrees Celsius.

More than 1,000 families in Victoria are being urged to evacuate as bushfires burn across the state and a severe heatwave pushes temperatures in parts of southeast Australia towards 50C.

Australia has always had heatwaves. But this week’s heatwave in southeastern Australia is something else. Temperatures in some inland towns in South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria were up to ...