• Bombing low brings destructive winds, heavy rain, and coastal hazards to southwest Western Australia

    ByRishav Kothari

    A rapidly deepening low-pressure system southwest of Western Australia is bringing damaging to destructive winds, severe thunderstorms, heavy rainfall, and coastal hazards to broad areas of the state’s southwest on Sunday, May 31, 2026. Wind gusts of up to 130 km/h (81 mph) are possible southwest of a line from Lancelin to Albany, including the Perth metropolitan area, while dangerous surf, coastal erosion, and inundation affect exposed sections of the coast.

  • Severe Tropical Cyclone Maila tracks toward Papua New Guinea and Queensland, Australia

    ByTeo Blašković

    Severe Tropical Cyclone Maila remained over the Solomon Sea at 06:00 UTC on April 8, 2026, with sustained winds of 165 km/h (103 mph) and a central pressure of 941 hPa, while beginning a gradual weakening trend after recent rapid intensification. The system is moving slowly northward at 6 km/h (3.7 mph) and is forecast to track west to southwest toward southeastern Papua New Guinea before entering the Coral Sea later this week.

  • Damaging winds, hazardous surf and alpine snow impact south-eastern Australia

    ByReet Kaur

    A multi-hazard weather system began affecting south-eastern Australia on March 26, 2026, bringing severe thunderstorms to parts of New South Wales, followed by damaging winds, hazardous surf along the NSW coast, a sharp temperature drop, and snow in alpine areas. Forecasts through March 28 called for gusts up to 120 km/h (75 mph) in exposed coastal areas, offshore wave heights of several meters, and wintry conditions over higher terrain, while NSW SES reported hundreds of storm-related incidents during the initial phase of the event.

  • Tropical Cyclone Narelle crosses Gascoyne coast with destructive winds and flooding, Western Australia

    ByRishav Kothari

    Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle made landfall just south of Coral Bay, Western Australia, at approximately 09:30 AWST (01:30 UTC) on March 27, 2026, as a Category 3 system. It brought wind gusts up to 195 km/h (121 mph), intense rainfall, and a dangerous storm tide along the Gascoyne coast. Severe weather conditions are continuing inland through the day and are forecast to persist into March 28.