The long-awaited monsoon looks to officially kick in this weekend over northern Australia, helping to break up severe ...

Tasmanian firefighters are tackling multiple bushfires after more than a thousand lightning strikes hit the state in the past 24 hours. Since 1pm on Monday, 4,770 dry lightning strikes were recorded ...

Air crews are assessing West Coast fires started by a barrage of dry lightning strikes, with thunderstorms forecast.

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One person has died in the major flooding event smashing North Queensland as residents are warned things could get worse with water and power supply being affected.