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A man hangs up flags in Hanoi in preparation for Vietnam’s national day under a cloudy sky caused by Typhoon Kajiki on Monday.

Typhoon Kajiki kills three in Vietnam, floods Hanoi streets

The storm damaged nearly 7000 homes, inundated 28,800 hectares of rice plantings and felled 18,000 trees.

  • Khanh Vu and Minh Nguyen

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Vietnam braces for Typhoon Kajiki as it nears coast

The storm is likely to strengthen, with wind speeds as high as 180km/h predicted.

  • Khanh Vu and Ethan Wang
After weeks of relentless rain, the city of Sydney has finally given up hope.

Game over, Sydney. The sun may be back, but the rain has finally defeated us all

Once a city that was able to weather the weather, this recent bout of record-breaking rain has pushed us all to breaking point. 

  • Thomas Mitchell
Emergency crews clean up after a tree fell on Whitfords Avenue overnight.

Perth’s south records strongest winds in 35 years in wild storm

The fast-moving storm cut power to 10,000 homes, with the SES receiving 65 calls for assistance.

  • Heather McNeill

Deadly ‘cloudburst’ mudslide engulfs Indian village

Footage showed floodwaters and mud surging down the mountain and sweeping away houses, killing at least four people. More than 50 others are missing.

  • Saurabh Sharma
Wet weather has arrived in Sydney.

Forecasting wild weather just got more difficult, thanks to Donald Trump

Globally connected early warning systems help us prepare for extreme weather events. Now those systems are under a cloud.

  • Matt Kean
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Storm damage in Manly was among 1455 incidents to which the SES responded.

Chinese tourist missing in floodwaters as wild weather rips across NSW

Floodwaters continue to rise as emergency services resume their search for a woman in her 20s, swept away after her car became stuck in the Hunter.

  • Harriet Alexander
For the Granite Belt region, there’s no business like snow business.

Snow falls at Qld’s Granite Belt for the first time in 10 years

After days of speculation, snow chasers and hopeful locals were rewarded with a flurry of snow on Saturday afternoon.

  • Courtney Kruk and Alex Condon
People crossing a Sydney CBD street in the rain on Thursday.

August to bring more rain and snow, but for farmers it’s ‘storm Lotto’

The heavy rain stretching along the east coast is a harbinger of a wetter-than-average August and start to spring.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
This lightning storm, captured by NOAA satellites, produced a record-breaking megaflash in 2020 but the newly reported 829-kilometre event just beat it.

‘No safe location’: 829km lightning bolt breaks record for biggest-ever flash

The megaflash spanned the equivalent distance between Sydney and Melbourne.

  • Angus Dalton