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Typhoon Bavi batters Guam with category 5 force
4+ hour, 9+ min ago (110+ words) 7 NEWS Millions gather for Khamenei's funeral in Tehran Police seize 144 weapons in two-day blitz Rescue crews free whales from fishing gear Parents furious as "teen fight club" videos filmed on Adelaide ovals and shared online Review ordered into little boy's…...
What to expect from the wintry conditions set to hit the southeast
2+ mon, 2+ hour ago (488+ words) A band of rain is developing over southwestern Victoria and this one comes with a punch of bitterly cold air. While it's mild in Melbourne during the day on Wednesday, Wednesday evening and Thursday morning will deliver much colder and…...
BOM spends extra $1. 15m on updating rebuilt website
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (467+ words) Bureau of Meteorology's boss Stuart Minchin has revealed an additional $1. 15 million was spent on updating and amending the weather service's website in late 2025 after an almost $100 million rebuild sparked outrage. The chief executive officer provided an update on the saga…...
BOM ignored warnings months before "clumsy" website launch
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (461+ words) New internal documents obtained by 7 NEWS reveal the Bureau of Meteorology ignored months of warnings about its new problem-plagued $96. 5 million website before it went live. The bureau's new "modern and sleek" website launched on October 22, aiming to improve the design…...
Bureau of Meteorology boss defends eye-watering cost of new website
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (430+ words) The newly minted boss of Australia's national weather agency has tried to shut down a brewing political storm over its $96. 5 million website overhaul. Bureau of Meteorology chief executive Stuart Minchin, who is two weeks into the job, defended the cost…...
Possible airport closures as powerful typhoon heads for Hong Kong
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (217+ words) Travellers have been warned of a possible airport closure as a powerful super typhoon approaches. Flights between Australia and Hong Kong are likely to be affected from 8pm Tuesday to 8am Thursday due to Super Typhoon Ragasa, Qantas said in a statement…...
Why residents were not not warned tornado was about to strike city
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (470+ words) A supercell system that unleashed a tornado through one of Perth's most exclusive suburbs caught weather agencies off guard and left them with "very little scope" to warn the public what was coming. Residents said it sounded like a jet…...