Sometimes short bursts of heavy rainfall can lead to rapid onset flooding, known as flash flooding. When this is likely to occur, the Bureau will issue a severe weather warning for heavy rain that may ...

Record-breaking floods in Australia decimated sugar cane crops, putting strain on farmers to pay for expensive repairs with significantly less income. In northern Queensland along the eastern coast, ...

New research, based on forest fires in Australia, proves there is a significantly higher risk of large-scale flooding when major deforestation has occurred in catchment areas. The chance of ...

As the effects of climate change intensify across Australia—from record-breaking heatwaves and prolonged droughts to catastrophic bushfires and floods—the nation stands at a defining crossroads.