Severe spring bushfires affected the Blue Mountains and other areas around Sydney ... the 10 driest on record for the Murray–Darling Basin and for New South Wales Map: Australian rainfall deciles for ...

A Chinese naval task group recently sailed around Australia in a voyage that took about a month, with its movements shadowed ...

Night - Mostly cloudy. Winds from SSW to S at 14 mph (22.5 kph). The overnight low will be 54 °F (12.2 °C). Cloudy with a high of 66 °F (18.9 °C). Winds from S to SSW at 13 to 15 mph (20.9 to ...

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Understanding changes to bushfire ignition in Australia, including the frequency of dry lightning, is a current area of active research. There has been an increase in the number of days with dangerous ...