13th March 2010

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  • Icon_camera WA on track for hottest summer

    Created Sun, 28th of Feb 2010

    The Bureau of Meteorology says Western Australia will have had its hottest summer on record by the end of today. Duty Forecaster Graham Oakley says Perth will have also recorded the equal hottest ... more

  • 32 killed as heatwave roasts Rio

    Created Thu, 11th of Feb 2010

    The worst heatwave to hit Rio de Janeiro in 50 years turned the city into a pre-Carnival furnace and killed 32 elderly people further south, officials said. According to the Inmet national weather ... more

  • Washington freezes under record snowfall

    Created Mon, 8th of Feb 2010

    Washington DC is starting to dig itself out from under yesterday's record snowfall but 100,000 homes in the region are still without power. The US capital is still crippled by the massive ... more

  • Freeze kills dozens in eastern Europe

    Created Tue, 26th of Jan 2010

    Cold weather has wreaked havoc in eastern Europe, with temperatures dipping to minus 35 degrees Celsius in some areas, killing dozens of people and disrupting schools and traffic flow. From the ... more

  • Icon_camera Calls for NSW heatwave strategy rejected

    Created Sat, 23rd of Jan 2010

    The New South Wales Government says there is no need for a state-wide heat wave strategy, despite today's soaring temperatures. Temperatures hit 39 degrees Celsius in Sydney today, with original ... more

  • Scorcher takes toll on grape vines

    Created Wed, 20th of Jan 2010

    Grapes vines in the Margaret River region have been destroyed after being burnt during record high temperatures on the weekend. AHA Viticulture says some growers could lose up to 10 per cent of ... more

  • Icon_camera Heavy rain as cool change hits SA

    Created Tue, 12th of Jan 2010

    A cool change that has swept across much of South Australia has brought some heavy rain. Lower Eyre Peninsula got the most during the morning - 52 millimetres falling at Coles Point and 38 ... more

  • Icon_camera More scorchers forecast for SA

    Created Sat, 9th of Jan 2010

    Temperatures across South Australia today have peaked above 40 degrees Celsius, with Adelaide recording 41.3C. It is the third day of what is expected to be the state's first heatwave of the ... more

  • Fire fears as SA braces for scorcher

    Created Sat, 9th of Jan 2010

    Fire crews are on high alert as another heatwave hits South Australia. Temperatures reached 40.8 degrees Celsius in Adelaide yesterday and are expected to hit a top of 41 degrees today. The ... more

  • Israel basks in heatwave as Europe shivers

    Created Fri, 8th of Jan 2010

    Israelis headed for the beach at the weekend to enjoy a winter heatwave, with temperatures rising into the high 20s as much of northern Europe shivered in a cold snap. Tel Aviv's sun-splashed ... more

  • Adelaide set for even bigger scorcher

    Created Fri, 8th of Jan 2010

    Adelaide's forecast heatwave is almost certain to be hotter than first thought, with the city's top temperature so far today hitting 40.8 degrees Celsius. Tomorrow it is expected to reach 41 and ... more

  • Extreme weather restricts Wimmera Mallee grain yield

    Created Fri, 8th of Jan 2010

    Harvest has finished across the Wimmera Mallee but farmers have had disappointing yields. Agronomists say some of the worst performing areas were in the eastern and northern Mallee, with farmers ... more

  • Australian El Nino to continue through to April

    Created Tue, 5th of Jan 2010

    Australia's Bureau of Meteorology predicts the El Nino weather pattern will continue though the rest of the Australian summer and into autumn. The bureau says Pacific Ocean surface temperatures ... more

  • More snow on way in UK deep freeze

    Created Wed, 30th of Dec 2009

    More snow, sleet and rain has fallen across swathes of Britain making driving hazardous, with a thick blanket of snow covering parts of Wales and the Midlands as temperatures fell. The Met Office ... more

  • Christmas rains prompt flash flood warning

    Created Fri, 25th of Dec 2009

    A severe weather warning has been issued for flash flooding in parts of New South Wales, as widespread rain associated with the remnants of Tropical Cyclone Laurence continues. In its latest ... more


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