The Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe weather warning covering eastern Victoria, southeast NSW including the Central Tablelands and Illawarra and Tasmania.
At least nine people have been killed by heavy flooding and mudslides in the northern Italian region of Emilia Romagna, and as many as 20,000 residents are being forced to evacuate.
Aussie skiers and boarders may be in for a disappointing season this year as two major climate drivers collide, potentially resulting in poor or lower-than-average snowfall.
The Southern Annular Mode (SAM) is one of the "main mechanisms influencing Australia's climate" and meteorologists say it's just reached one of its strongest positive levels on record.
Australia could soon see a repeat of the conditions that sparked 2019-20's devastating bushfire season, as our planet is almost certain to set a new hottest year on record in the next half-decade.
Thousands of people hunkered down Sunday in monasteries, pagodas and schools, seeking shelter from a powerful storm that slammed into the coast of Myanmar, tearing roofs off buildings and killing at least three people.
A tropical cyclone is strengthening in the Bay of Bengal and is on course to hit western Myanmar and Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar, the world's largest refugee camp.
In Oakey, a small town in the Toowoomba locality, the mercury hit a low of -5.6 degrees by 6.30am today, according to the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM).
Parts of Australia's south-east have recorded their coldest May temperatures in years as a "significant" cold front continues to sweep across the country.
Gale-force winds, blustery showers and highland snow are hitting the two states today, with some parts already recording wind gusts strong enough to rip off roofs.
Illinois State Police said at least six people were killed and more than 30 people were hospitalized with injuries ranging from minor to life-threatening.
South Australia and Victoria are experiencing unusually warm weather this week, with the states having had the warmest Anzac Day in 61 years yesterday.
Droughts, floods and record low ice levels - from the top of the world's mountains to the depths of the ocean, the climate crisis took a heavy toll in 2022.
Melbourne is set to experience its coldest Easter Sunday in more than 70 years, with a burst of unusually cold mid-autumn weather on the way, according to Weatherzone.
Residents across a wide swath of the South and Midwest raced to assess the destruction wreaked by storms that dropped possibly dozens of tornadoes and killed at least 26 people in small towns and big cities.