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Heat records broken across western, southern US
14+ hour, 52+ min ago (604+ words) The recent and ongoing heat wave across the western and southern United States broke a multitude of March high temperature records. More than 1,500 individual weather stations have recorded new date maxima or new March high temperatures, and 14 states experienced or…...
Colossal low pressure system grips eastern Australia
8+ mon, 5+ day ago (289+ words) A colossal low pressure system'nearly half the size of the Australian mainland'is gripping central and eastern Australia. Spanning around 3.4 million km, its vast footprint is so extensive that tracing its boundary would take you on a 9,000 km journey. For perspective,…...
Powerful swells sweeping across Australia, Indonesia and the Pacific
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (747+ words) Huge Southern Ocean swells generated by a series of cold fronts are bearing down on three of Australia's coastlines, and parts of Indonesia and the Pacific. Vigorous cold fronts to the south and southwest of Australia have been generating gale…...
What makes an East Coast Low a 'bomb cyclone'?
8+ mon, 4+ week ago (496+ words) Home>Weather News>What makes an East Coast Low a 'bomb cyclone'? The terms 'East Coast Low' and 'bomb cyclone' are making news headlines in Australia this week as severe weather batters parts of eastern NSW. So, what are these…...