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Adelaide set for wettest weekend in months in SA deluge
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Heavy rain is forecast for parts of South Australia this weekend, including Adelaide, with Sunday in particular likely to be by far the wettest day of 2026 to date for the SA capital. Not that it would take much rain to exceed the paltry amounts that have fallen this year. So far in 2026, Adelaide has received just 3.6mm of rainfall All of this year’s rainfall has been in February after a totally dry January. December was also very dry in Adelaide with just 2.8mm, meaning summer ... Read more ›
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Sydney flash flooding after 100 mm in under three hours Fri 27 Feb 2026
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Heavy rain and thunderstorms inundated parts of Sydney, the Illawarra and the Central Coast over the last 24 hours, with locally intense falls causing... Read more ›
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Eastern Australia perfectly positioned for total lunar eclipse next week Thu 26 Feb 2026
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A total lunar eclipse will be visible from most of Australia next week on the night of Tuesday, March 3, with eastern Australia in the best position t... Read more ›
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Bucketing down in Birdsville and Betoota Thu 26 Feb 2026
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The outback deluge continues, with the heaviest overnight falls occurring in the area around the town of Birdsville in far southwest Queensland It&r... Read more ›
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Simpson Desert tropical low causing flooding in four states Wed 25 Feb 2026
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A rare weather pattern involving a near-stationary tropical low over the Simpson Desert is causing widespread rain and thunderstorms in central Austra... Read more ›
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Mount Isa and Alice Springs break longstanding rainfall records Wed 25 Feb 2026
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Mount Isa in Queensland has had its wettest February on record, while the Northern Territory town of Alice Springs has recorded its highest number of ... Read more ›
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Rainfall exceeds 100mm where three states meet Tue 24 Feb 2026
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Extremely heavy rain has fallen in the region around Cameron Corner, the location where the borders of Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia... Read more ›
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Rare outback deluge to flood central Australia this week Mon 23 Feb 2026
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Two years' worth of rain could inundate parts of central Australia this week, bringing a risk of widespread flooding in what is typically the driest p... Read more ›
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Adelaide misses out again but big soaking on the horizon Mon 23 Feb 2026
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On a Sunday when exceptionally heavy rainfall totals for summer – or indeed for any month – were recorded in some inland areas of South Au... Read more ›
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SA's fine line between dry and flooding rain Sun 22 Feb 2026
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Much of South Australia's south, including Adelaide, has been teased by sprinkles of rain while the state's north floods in torrential downpours. Be... Read more ›
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Remote NT community cops biggest downpour in over a decade Sat 21 Feb 2026
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The remote community of Alpurrurulam in the Northern Territory has recorded 250 millimetres of rain since 11pm last night, more than twice i... Read more ›
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The hidden danger of slow-moving thunderstorms Fri 20 Feb 2026
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Large parts of Queensland and New South Wales face the risk of slow-moving thunderstorms over the next couple of days, with the potential for localise... Read more ›
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Queensland skies alive with lightning from outback to coast Thu 19 Feb 2026
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Central parts of Queensland, from the Northern Territory border to the coastline, are experiencing a late afternoon sky show this Thursday, with storm... Read more ›
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Outback deluge to cause flooding in SA, NT Thu 19 Feb 2026
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Heavy rain will soak parts of central Australia from this weekend into next week, with potential for several hundred millimetres of rain and flooding ... Read more ›
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Sydney had Australia’s highest temperature just before midday Wed 18 Feb 2026
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At 11:50am this Wednesday, February 18, the weather station at Sydney Airport hit 35.3°C. At that moment, it was the hottest temperature anywhere ... Read more ›
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Rainband teases Adelaide, dampens other parched areas Tue 17 Feb 2026
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The main body of a rainband crossing southeastern Australia has slid agonisingly south of Adelaide, providing only the barest rain relief of 0.6mm rel... Read more ›
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