Tag: extreme weather

Death Valley in California just recorded a temperature of 54.4-degrees C. If verified it may set a world record.

Ireland responded to Hurricane Ophelia in the best way possible (and probably most Irish way possible)…with humour!

OPINION & ANALYSIS: This very active season comes after a “hurricane drought” with very few major storms making landfall on the US coast over the previous decade. So why are we seeing so many hurricanes now? Is climate change to blame?

South-east Queensland and northern NSW cop a lashing in the aftermath of Cyclone Debbie, forcing schools and businesses to close and leaving over 50,000 homes without power.

"We need to understand we are going to get lots of reports of damage and injury, if not death, and we need to be prepared for that," Police Commissioner tells Queenslanders.

WATCH: The moment cyclonic gusts swept through a Brisbane backyard, hoisting the kids' tramp up in to the air like a piece of rice paper.

Watch this guy's hilarious attempt to save his car from nature's wrath.

Queensland and NSW deluged as storms and flooding ravage coast again.

STORMS: An Aussie knight in a black wetsuit jumped on his surfboard to save five stranded horses.

Hundreds of south-west Sydney residents evacuated their houses due to flooding across Sydney after severe storms.

Sydney brollie apocalypse: rest in pieces, dear umbrellas.

Storms in Australia: now, that's what we call a house boat!

The Carnival Spirit ocean liner is unable to make port in Sydney due to huge storms.

Sydney is currently experiencing the biggest storm of the century. While the Bureau of Meteorology earlier indicated that conditions would ease, it is expected that conditions will be just as bad, possibly worse, tonight.

IMAGE OF THE DAY: Check out this photo of a bloke being blown sideways at Sydney's Bondi Beach during the wild weather. Is it legit?

WATCH: Wild weather tosses Sydney ferry and roles a cruise liner. It's enough to turn your stomach.

NSW battered by severe weather leaving three dead, over 200,000 homes without power and several washed away.

Heartbreaking footage from cyclone ravaged Vanuatu, filmed with a drone. International aid effort underway as disease and lack of food and water become a serious threat.

What's that? A cyclone? Pfft. It's only category five on the whatever scale. Surf's up!

WATCH: Dramatic footage of Fitzroy River, swollen by Cyclone Marcia, pounding through Rockhampton.

Looks like a storm is brewing: In Australia, we love our freakish weather. Mother Nature has a tendency to lose her temper Down Under and will leave you gasping for air.

Australia experienced its 15th hottest summer since records began in 1910, while the summer before was the hottest ever.

Gale force winds of up 130km/ph are predicted to hit England and Wales in the coming hours. Travel services are telling commuters to expect considerable disruptions.