Sydneysiders can expect rising humidity in coming days, making the apparently endless summer seem a bit more uncomfortable.

Drone vision of great white shark lurking near unsuspecting surfers emerges

Residents outraged as hundreds scheduled to lose power in 40 degree heat.

Time to dig out the electric blanket.

Sydney, the rain is coming to drench your balmy spring, and it is set to remain for a week. But it will bring a much needed relief for allergy sufferers.

Hume Coal’s mine and rail project applications have been referred back to the Independent Planning Commission for a public hearing and determination within 12 weeks.

For the first time this year the mercury has dipped below zero in Canberra.

Heavy snowfalls over the central ranges all the way up to New England caused traffic chaos on NSW roads on Friday, a day when even Queenslanders woke to a blanket of white.

In good news for all except hay-fever sufferers, Victoria's weather is finally starting to shed its winter coat for spring.

You can hold off putting that extra doona on your bed for another week, Canberra.

At least 10 people have died in northern Japan after a powerful typhoon pounded the region.

National records were smashed in the scorching start to March, as the driest January-February in parts of northern Australia for half a century led to an unusual build-up of heat, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.

Spring's full bloom will be on show this week in ways that hay fever sufferers will be all too aware.

The hyperactive hurricane season in the Pacific has jumped up another gear, spawning a record trio of category 4 strength tropical storms that will give the powerful El Nino event yet another boost.

Many of Sydney's commuters are in for a sweltering journey to and from work today as temperatures soar towards the high 30s ahead a late afternoon cool change.

Queanbeyan and southern Canberra have been battered with a severe hail storm.

Going to Sea World isn't a walk in the park for the animals kept in captivity, say campaigners.

Googong dam has begun to spill again, as Wednesday's wet weather pushed it to capacity, while sporting grounds across the territory were shut and chaos reigned on Canberra's roads.

A strong cold front will sweep over much of Australia over the weekend, bringing potentially the largest outbreak of frigid conditions in 15 years, the Bureau of Meteorology said.

The past five years have been the hottest on record.