Perth Coast News Today

A months worth of rain has smashed some parts of the east coast overnight, prompting flash floods and evacuation warnings in Sydney s south-west.

Severe weather is expected to hit Perth this weekend, with heavy rainfall and damaging winds expected.

A week of extreme weather is ahead for Australia, as the start of the week will bring a heat wave and fire ...

Emergency Services responded to more than 500 calls for assistance. Weather warnings are in place for the remainder of the weekend before an even stronger cold front hits on Monday. The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a strong wind warning for the Perth Local Waters, Perth Coast, Albany Coast, Esperance Coast and Eucla Coast. More than 50mm of rain fell in some places with hundreds of calls made to emergency services overnight. (9News) Sheep graziers are also being warned of cold temperatures,...

The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a fire danger warning for the Ravensthorpe Shire Inland and Esperance Shire Inland regions. The wild wind could also have a positive effect today, easing the smoke haze that has been hanging over Perth due to hazard reduction burns along the WA coast. A cold front passing should bring some relief from the smoke in Perth tomorrow afternoon as winds shift northwesterly. Meanwhile, a trough is bringing rain over south-western parts of the state with falls betwe...

A wet weekend could be on the way for large parts of the country, with Australia surrounded with lows sitting to the north, south east and west of the country The combined influence of these four low pressure systems is likely to cause rain in part of every state and territory during the second half of this week and early next week. There is a severe weather warning in place for parts of Western Australia, located approximately 140km northeast of Carnarvon. Four lows surrounding Australia will ...

Western Australia Mostly sunny, warm-to-very warm in the southwest. Windy, cool-to-mild in the south, showers/storms inland. Mostly sunny, hot in the northwest. The odd storm, very warm in the northeast. Perth will be mostly sunny with a minimum of 17C and a maximum of 33C. There is a severe weather warning due to damaging winds possible about the hills and foothills of the Lower West and northern South West districts. Although gusty easterly winds are typical for this time of year, they are ex...

A total fire ban has been issued for regions in Victoria, while crews in South Australia work to keep a major grass fire at bay as strong winds and high temperatures generate dangerous fire conditions in several states today. Victorias fire ban has been issued for the Mallee, Wimmera and Northern Country regions, with no fires permitted to be lit in the open air today. The SA Country Fire Service (CFS) is still working on the Blackford blaze which is now contained, however a current active Bu...

A trough is generating storms, some severe, over eastern parts of Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland. READ MORE: More rain is forecast across NSW today after parts of the Northern Rivers was flooded yesterday.(Josh Dye) In NSW, a severe storm warning is in place for a large part of the state with damaging winds also expected to hit the Sydney Coast, Illawarra Coast, Batemans Coast and Eden Coast. The conditions come after low-lying areas of the NSW Northern Rivers to become submerged aft...

Severe weather warnings are now in place for large swathes of NSW and Queensland with heavy rainfall, abnormally high tides and damaging surf expected. A trough over the northern NSW coast continues to bring heavy rain to the region while Queensland braces for the highest tide of the year with waves over five metres possible today. READ MORE: The river has broken its banks and floodwaters are already into backyards. (Hannah Sinclair) Heavy rain is expected to be worst across the Northern Rivers...