April 2023
The challenge of building a new city to beat 50-degree heat
Carbon-neutral buildings and trees are at the heart of plans for a western Sydney metropolis, where summer temperatures can be among the highest on earth.
- Adam Haigh
December 2022
More beach days, less rain this summer as La Niña tapers off
After one of the wettest years on record, most Australians are set to enjoy more beach weather this summer.
- Gus McCubbing
October 2022
Perrottet warns flash flooding expected with dams, rivers at capacity
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet said several of NSW’s river systems are experiencing major flooding; NSW SES Commissioner Carlene York said the latest floods are not the last, with more expected in the coming weeks and months.
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- Campbell Kwan
Sydney drenched by wettest year on record
The city is in the midst of its wettest year on record as widespread drenching rain puts many parts of western NSW on flood alert.
- Jack Gramenz and Phoebe Loomes
July 2022
Warragamba Dam project would have reduced flooding in Windsor by 3.5m
Dominic Perrottet has asked the federal government to fund half of a $1.6 billion Warragamba dam wall project that would protect communities from flooding.
- Samantha Hutchinson
Higher dam wall won’t stop flood pain for Warragamba residents
In Warragamba on Sydney’s southwest fringe, may residents support raising the dam wall but the local mayor is not one of them.
- Samantha Hutchinson
Flood insurance bill approaches $100m
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet took to the air to survey the flood-affected Hunter region on Friday, as the insurance damage bill neared $100 million.
- Samantha Hutchinson
Sydney desal plant dialled up to max capacity as Western Sydney floods
The state’s water and flood mitigation strategy has emerged at the centre of political debate as the clean up begins on a flooding crisis which has left almost 30 local government areas designated as natural disaster zones.
- Samantha Hutchinson and Georgie Moore
NSW enters recovery mode but no end in sight for big wet
State appears to have passed the peak of its latest flood crisis, but meteorologists say wetter than average conditions are set to continue throughout July.
- Georgie Moore
Albanese, Perrottet unite to get flood money ‘out the door’
Anthony Albanese and Dominic Perrottet said ravaged communities would be able to access help fast as the two governments say they have “learnt from the past”.
- Samantha Hutchinson and Liam Walsh
Stranded cargo ship repairs delayed to tomorrow
Stranded cargo ship repairs is delayed again; Jim Chalmers said RBA rates lift is challenging; NSW CHO tells residents to disregard previous two dose information. How the day unfolded.
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- Georgie Moore and Campbell Kwan
Cargo ship stranded at sea in wild Sydney weather
By Monday evening, three tug boats were midway through an effort to drag the vessel 12 nautical miles offshore where the engine repairs could begin.
- Samantha Hutchinson
NSW floods expected to be classified as natural disaster
Emergency Minister Murray Watt said a natural disaster designation would trigger payments and repairs; Carrier with 21 crew members to be stranded indefinitely. Follow updates here.
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- Georgie Moore and Campbell Kwan
Thousands evacuated as ‘life-threatening’ weather event escalates
Heavy rainfall and gale force winds are wreaking havoc on large parts of the NSW east cost and as far inland as Oberon, and have claimed a life in Sydney’s inner west.
- Edmund Tadros and AAP
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- Extreme weather
Evacuation warning for south-west Sydney
Residents in the area have been told to evacuate as heavy rain gripping the NSW east coast sparks flood warnings across the region.
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- Phoebe Loomes, Nick Gibbs and Finbar O'Mallon
June 2022
Ski bums rejoice: Perisher and Mt Buller to open early
Mt Buller and Perisher are set to open for skiers and snowboarders on Saturday, a week earlier than planned, after heavy snowfall in the last few days.
- Gus McCubbing
April 2022
Flood fatigue sets in after weeks of wild weather
A man has died after his car was swept away by floodwater in south-west Sydney and flood-fatigued residents of NSW have been warned of hazardous driving conditions.
- Tess Bennett
March 2022
East coast low to bring more heavy rain to NSW
An intense low-pressure system developing off the coast of NSW is expected to bring heavy rainfall to parts of the state already hit hard by floods.
- Michael Read
December 2019
It's sizzling: Australia experiences unprecedented heatwave
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology says Tuesday was the hottest day on record, but more is to come.
Bushfire smog 10 times worse than 'hazardous'
As almost 3000 firefighters battled more than 80 bushfires across NSW, a former Fire and Rescue NSW commissioner described the federal government's inaction on climate change as "galling".
- Bo Seo
