Strong winds expected about parts of southeast New South Wales, including the wider Canberra region ahead of a cold front.

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The flow-on effects of Fiji's Tropical Cyclone Winston put a dampener on the last weekend of summer, bringing dangerous surfing conditions and closing many Sydney beaches.

Sydney weather is tipped to warm for the weekend after a couple of milder days on Thursday and Friday. Peter Hannam reports.

Sydney is in for another wet and windy day on Friday as the clean-up continues after destructive storms tore through the city, felling large trees and powerlines, crushing cars and cutting power to thousands of homes on Thursday afternoon.

The elderly are heading up north, and we have only their Instagram posts to warm us.

Robert Frost once pondered whether the world would end in fire, or in ice. They weren't heralding the world's end, but this week fire and ice both reared their heads across the state.

Unseasonal rains across central Australia are helping to fill Lake Eyre and are providing some unusual recreational activities for residents of Alice Springs.

A windswept Canberra is in for a milder and calmer end to the week with above-average temperatures forecast for the weekend.

Thunderstorms may have drenched Sydney and other parts of the state but many parched regions of the state largely missed out.

A total fire ban has been cancelled after stormy weather brought rain to much of the Territory on Tuesday morning.

Lunchtime barbecues and beach plans on Christmas Day are looking good to go ahead, with sunshine and warm temperatures expected to hold out until the late afternoon. 

Sydneysiders are again being hammered by thunderstorms as the latest storm cells bring rain and strong wind gusts to the city.

Storms hit the Sydney region, bringing hail and damaging winds.

A severe weather warning with winds averaging 60 to 70km/h has been issued for the Snowy Mountains and surrounding areas.