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A report warns "profoundly distressing scenes of suffering" will unfold as records tumble.

Everything from snow to fire is set to hit multiple Australian states this week.

A Category Five storm has never before been recorded this early in the season this side of the equator.

A bushfire burning in a rural area near the NSW town of Grafton has been brought under control.

The UK's weather forecaster, the Met Office, issued a rare red alert — the highest level of weather warning — for parts of Scotland, with "exceptional rainfall" expected to pose a "danger to life from fast-flowing or deep floodwater".

Fire crews are gaining the upper hand on a blaze in Queensland's Gladstone region.

Meteorologists are closely monitoring a storm system forming off the Queensland coast, which could develop into a tropical cyclone.

A key climate driver has surged in recent weeks. Here's why we should be worried about its current trajectory.

The bloom can appear as a pink murkiness during the day but has the ability to become an electric blue colour at night.

There are no government-enforced temperatures that force outdoor workers to down tools when it gets too hot.

A large and fast-moving fire is threatening a community in Queensland's Gladstone region where residents have been told to leave immediately.

The mercury is forecast to reach over 30 degrees for many parts of the state, ahead of changing, cooler conditions.

Two men have been pulled from a car trapped in floodwater at East Gippsland in Victoria.

There is a fresh emergency warning for residents living in parts of Sale, in the Victoria's east following days of heavy rain.

Vision shows resorts at Hotham, Falls Creek and Perisher covered in a thick blanket of snow.

More than a quarter of flights into and out of Sydney have been cancelled this morning.

From bushfires to flash flooding, extreme weather has hit parts of Australia's east coast.

Three homes have been lost and a person is in hospital following yesterday's bushfire on the NSW South Coast.

And the warning is of more to come as weather records melt like ice under the summer sun.

More than 100 dolphins have died in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest in the past week as the region grapples with a severe drought, and many more could die soon if water temperatures remain high, experts say.

LIVE: Residents in multiple locations across NSW have been told to prepare to evacuate as rain sweeps into the Gippsland region of Victoria where at least one home has been lost to bushfire.

The rising temperatures could even break records for the hottest NRL grand final in history.

The sunny weather will be a change for both players and fans, who have been used to winter conditions.

Communities across Queensland's south-east and northern New South Wales have faced more wild weather, as powerful storms left homes without power and flights on the tarmac.

Temperatures could still hover around 30 degrees by the 7.30pm kick-off.

Geraldton has smashed its record for the highest temperature recorded in September in the Western Australian town as a mass of hot air moves across the state.

The sun-baked deserts in one part of the country could see all of us turning on the fan.

Parts of England were hit with heavy rains this week, with some reports of flooding, as a warm September gives way to autumn.

Queensland has experienced an early taste of summer, with temperatures soaring across the state and breaking heat records.

A cool change will bring an end to a scorching five-day heatwave but the fire danger is not over yet.

It comes as eastern Australia swelters through one of its hottest September days on record.

The temperature in Sydney soared to more than 15C above average, while parts of the NSW Far South Coast reached a "catastrophic" fire rating.

Australia is officially in an El Niño event after a La Niña pattern brought three years of cool temperatures and record-breaking rain.

Temperatures in the NT and NSW are set to remain in the low 30s for several days.

Days of over 30-degree temperatures are forecast before a cool change next week.

Australia is set to go through its worst bushfire season in four years this spring and summer, as three years of wet give way to below-average rainfall and above-average temperatures.

Wind gusts hit almost 130km/h as streets flooded and debris flew through the air.

Massive trees have been uprooted and trampolines sent flying as the lower North Island of New Zealand was blasted with winds of around 246 km/h.

Some parts will be basking in temperatures of more than 30 degrees as a band of warm weather sweeps in.

The highest "black" rainstorm warning has been used by the weather bureau, urging for people to stay indoors and find shelter.

Scientists blame human-caused climate change from the burning of coal, oil and natural gas with an extra push from a natural El Nino.

This week's warm and sunny start to spring is set to end, as one of the strongest cold outbreaks of the year takes over.

Some famous faces have already escaped the mud-soaked festival by working kilometres out of the flooded desert.

The coldest night of the 2023 Australian winter wasn't recorded in the alpine regions of New South Wales or Victoria, or even in Tasmania.

Trading on Hong Kong's stock market was suspended and hundreds of people were stranded at the airport after about 460 flights were cancelled in the key regional business and travel hub.

Every state and territory was significantly warmer than usual in winter 2023, while the nation as a whole experienced record-breaking warmth.

Tropical Storm Idalia headed out to sea after thrashing parts of Florida and Georgia with punishing rains and destructive winds, leaving residents to begin the arduous process of picking through the debris of devastated homes.

Australia's east coast will likely have a drier and warmer than average spring that will increase the bushfire risk this season.

Storm activity is forecast to clear but the clouds will stick around.

Hurricane Idalia has been linked to at least two deaths in Florida as it thrashes northern parts of the state and south Georgia – whipping winds up to 145km/h, dumping heavy rain and hurling seawater into flooded cities.