extreme heat

WARNING: Graphic content.For most Australians, bundling up in cosy winter layers is just part and parcel of getting through the colder months. But for Leilah Johnson, and more than a million other Aussies, winter can be torture.Leilah has…

An extreme heatwave is smothering much of Asia. That’s rare for this early in the year. It’s unusual that it’s already lasted a fortnight. It’s odd because it stretches across 12 countries from India, over mainland China and through to…

Construction of a new “green and connected” city in Sydney’s outer west is currently underway.Bradfield City Centre is the NSW government’s latest billion-dollar investment presently in the works with the goal of becoming “Australia’s…

A new survey has revealed New Zealand’s famous rivers of ice are evaporating. Fast. Now scientists are sounding the alarm that this vital international tourism hotspot doesn’t have much life left.New Zealand’s National Institute of Water…

A four-day heat surge will blast the east coast with scorching temperatures climbing to 40C in some towns.Maximum temperatures are forecast to exceed 40C in some parts of the Pilbara in Western Australia, down to the SA coastline and into…

An Australian woman has called out a landlord for renting out a “studio” which appears to be a just a room in the basement of the home.Rachel McQueen, under the username rachmcqueen1, has been posting her “Real Estate with Rachel” series of…

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Forecasters are warning of “record challenging extreme heat” over the coming days and into next week as a huge heatwave sweeps the country.Some cities could see their hottest day of summer so far. Victoria could nudge 40C on Friday, the…

Wild weather on the east coast of NSW is set to stick around, with potentially severe thunderstorms returning to parts of the east-coast in the afternoon. Between 50 and 100mm of rain was recorded across coastal areas on Thursday afternoon…

Sweltering Queenslanders may get some relief from the oppressive heat with up to 50mm of rain forecast to fall in parts of the state, but the high humidity is likely to continue.A heatwave has gripped much of the east coast over the past…