Storms

Stephen Thandi says a storm tore through his northern New South Wales blueberry farm "like a freight train" at the weekend, causing at least at least $300,000 worth of damage.  

A severe thunderstorm brought down trees and cut power for several hours in Alice Springs.

More wet weather is expected in south-east Queensland before clear skies return later this week.

Hundreds of residents remain without power after Saturday's wild storms, while others are tallying the cost of giant hail to their properties, cars and homes.

The death of a Brisbane man after a storm shone a spotlight on the dangers of overhead powerlines in a storm-prone state.

Dozens of wedding guests rushed to shelter children under tables and hold up the walls of a reception hall during an intense storm in Queensland's Banana Shire over the weekend.

Queensland residents still counting the cost of giant hailstones that fell on Saturday afternoon were struck by a second round of storms on Sunday, with hailstones up to eight centimetres in diameter reported at Googa Creek.

The death toll in the wake of Hurricane Melissa has climbed to at least 49, according to official reports, after wreaking destruction across much of the northern Caribbean.

Looking over Pomona to Cooroy on 30-10-2025 where a lightning strike from this storm killed a 21-year-old woman.

Pictures of the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, the "storm of the century" that tore through Jamaica, Cuba and Haiti, reveal a trail of damage and displacement.

Hurricane Melissa, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record with top winds of 295 kilometres per hour, has left dozens dead across the Caribbean.

Hurricane Melissa tears off the roof of a section of the Savanna-la-Mar Public General Hospital in Jamaica’s Westmoreland.

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in western Jamaica as a powerful category five storm and the strongest ever to directly hit the Caribbean nation of 2.8 million people.

Hurricane Melissa, dubbed "the storm of the century", is moving towards the Bahamas after more than 730,000 people took shelter in Cuba.

A US Air Force squad known as the Hurricane Hunters has flown through the eye of Hurricane Melissa, which is packing winds of 282 kilometres per hour as it moves slowly towards southern Jamaica.

On Sunday, south-east Queensland was lashed by a severe thunderstorm, which left thousands still without power. The state government says the timing of upgrades to BOM's website was "not good enough".

Having intensified into a category five system, Hurricane Melissa looks set to be the strongest hurricane to hit Jamaica since record-keeping began in 1851.

Tens of thousands of Victorians were left without power and a tornado swept through Melbourne's west on a wild day of weather.

A burst of stormy weather causes interruptions at Adelaide's Harvest Rock music event and the OzAsia Festival, amid more downpours in other parts of the state.

Two men have died in rough waters at Frankston as part of the state recorded wind gusts up to 130 kilometres per hour during a severe weather system.