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Thursday August 21, 2008
Melbourne shivers through coldest day in years
18:59 EST
Spring is only days away but southeastern Australia is shivering through a mid winter cold outbreak with temperatures plummeting as much as six degrees below average.
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More powder snow on the Australian Alps this weekend
18:50 EST
If you haven't done so, head to the mountains this month.
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Snow gets low
17:50 EST
Snow is falling to low levels and causing problems in some parts of Tasmania.
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Hope for Snowy cloud seeding to fight climate change
10:24 EST
The New South Wales Government says it hopes an expanded cloud seeding program for the Snowy Mountains will help counteract the effects of climate change.
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Tropical storm Fay unleashes big cats
09:02 EST
Tropical storm Fay, which has battered the United States state of Florida, is believed to have sprung a lion and a bengal tiger form their cages at a private zoo in Palm Beach.
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Wednesday August 20, 2008
Typhoon kills 4 in Philippines
20:28 EST
A typhoon has killed four people in the northern Philippines and brought heavy rain that forced the closure of schools in the region and in the capital Manila, officials said.
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Rain on the way for New South Wales
17:06 EST
There's been a lot of cloud, but little rain, over southern NSW on Wednesday, but this is set to change.
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Warmest for Melbourne in weeks ... but it won't last
17:05 EST
Warm northwesterly winds ahead of a cold front resulted in Melbourne experiencing its warmest day in weeks on Wednesday.
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Tropical Storm Fay hits Florida
10:30 EST
Tropical Storm Fay has sloshed through central Florida with severe winds and drenching rains but it has spared the area from more devastating hurricane fury as it slowly crossed toward the Atlantic.
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Tuesday August 19, 2008
A hint of things to come for southeastern Australia
17:51 EST
The first marks of a front forecast to hit the southeast late on Wednesday have begun.
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Dry spell broken for Perth, but only just
17:49 EST
After 16 days without any rain, Perth's dry spell has finally been broken.
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Garrett toes party line on US military weather station
12:42 EST
Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett says he is comfortable with the possibility of a new United States Defence Department military weather station in Australia.
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Bad weather coming
12:10 EST
The Bureau of Meteorology is warning southern Tasmanians to secure loose items outside their homes as wild weather approaches this afternoon.
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Dry spell could spark early harvest
11:08 EST
The WA Farmers Federation says this year's grain season could be cut short by as much as a month if the current dry conditions continue.
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Killer storm Fay may become hurricane before hitting Florida
08:00 EST
Florida has battened down as Tropical Storm Fay packs on more power on its way to becoming a full-blown hurricane, after claiming as many as 40 lives in the Caribbean.
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Monday August 18, 2008
A chilly morning for the southeast
19:56 EST
It was a chilly start for the southeast, with temperatures dipping well below average during the night and the early morning.
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Eleven killed in Bangladesh landslide: police
19:44 EST
At least 11 people have been killed in Bangladesh after heavy rains triggered landslides in the south-eastern port city of Chittagong, police said.
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Showery, cold outbreak to cut through southeast
14:45 EST
Strong, cold showery winds, hail and snow will affect southeastern Australia later this week.
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Haiti bus swept away in torrent, 50 dead
12:43 EST
Around 50 people died in Haiti on Sunday when a bus tried to cross a river swollen with rain from tropical storm Fay and was swept away, witnesses said.
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Sunday August 17, 2008
Bitterly cold Eyre sets new WA record
20:45 EST
Eyre in the Eucla set a new mark for the coldest temperature ever recorded in Western Australia, minus 7.
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Small interruption to dry spell in WA
20:16 EST
Tuesday will bring an intermission to the long dry spell in the southern of Western Australia, but the rain will only be light and patchy.
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Tropical storm Fay heads for Cuba
07:38 EST
Tropical storm Fay dumped heavy rains on the Dominican Republic and Haiti Saturday while threatening to turn into a hurricane as it approaches Cuba, the Bahamas, Jamaica and Florida, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
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Saturday August 16, 2008
Cold weather here to stay
20:23 EST
August 2008 continues to be one of the coldest on record for most of Australia with temperatures averaging as much as six degrees below normal.
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Friday August 15, 2008
Frigid mornings set in across NSW and Queensland
17:25 EST
In what has become a commonplace occurrence during recent weeks, temperatures plunged below freezing once again on Friday morning across northern New South Wales and southern Queensland.
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Cool and wet weekend on the way for the southeast
17:01 EST
Residents of southeastern Australia looking for some respite from the cool and wet weather of late won't be in luck this weekend, with the wintry weather set to continue.
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Mackay still feeling flood impact
09:11 EST
Almost 100 homes in Mackay are still uninhabitable six months after devastating floods hit the north Queensland city.
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Thursday August 14, 2008
Australia's coldest, warmest, driest and wettest in decades
21:00 EST
It's been decades since August was this cold and damp in the southeast, warm in the far north and dry in the west.
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Weather wreaks havoc on Olympic competition
20:17 EST
Heavy rain and lightning badly disrupted Olympic Games action on Thursday with rowing and canoe events put back to Friday and the tennis quarter-finals seriously delayed.
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NSW and QLD shivering in record cold
17:31 EST
Widespread severe frost will continue across northern NSW and southern Queensland during at least the next week according to weatherzone.
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Heavy rain and gales hammer Tasmania
17:25 EST
Heavy rain continues to fall over western and southern Tasmania as strong southwesterly winds tear through the state.
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Wednesday August 13, 2008
Winter far from finished
20:14 EST
This August is rapidly turning into one of the coldest on record for Australia with temperatures averaging as much as five degrees below normal.
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Fog hits Adelaide flights
18:23 EST
Heavy fog has caused flight problems at Adelaide Airport.
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Adelaide's cold August run
17:58 EST
After another day of low cloud and chilly southwesterly winds, Adelaide has only reached a maximum of 14 degrees.
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Tasmanian snow falling down low
17:57 EST
It was a cold and snow-filled day for much of Tasmania today, thanks to the passage of a cold front yesterday.
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Roads re-opening as Tasmanian ice thaws
11:00 EST
It is expected to be several hours before Tasmania's main north-south road link is re-opened.
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Tuesday August 12, 2008
Snowfalls close Tasmanian roads
22:02 EST
Snow across much of Tasmania has closed several roads and created dangerous driving conditions.
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Lowering snowfalls across TAS
19:57 EST
Snowfalls are lowering to near sea-level across Tasmania tonight, but should rise again tomorrow.
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Perth's driest August spell in 17 years
18:24 EST
This is Perth's 10th day-in-a-row without rain, equalling the longest dry spell in August in 17 years, according to weatherzone.
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Even Queensland can't escape from the cold
15:13 EST
It's a case of icy-cold one day, icy-cold the next in Queensland as Coolangatta breaks an August record for the fourth time in five days, according to weatherzone.
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Vietnam floods kill 112, more rain forecast
13:33 EST
Military helicopters have delivered instant noodles and fresh water to residents in mud-covered villages in northern Vietnam after floods and landslides killed scores of people and more rains are forecast to hit on Tuesday (local time).
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Residents chilled throughout Qld
12:00 EST
Southern Queensland remained in the grip of a winter chill with the mercury dropping to below minus three degrees Celsius in many places.
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Monday August 11, 2008
Floods, landslides kill 20 in China
20:26 EST
Floods and landslides have killed 20 people in south-west China and 10 more are still missing, after torrential rain lashed the region, state media reported.
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Frigid day in western New South Wales
16:12 EST
A day after snow fell in the suburbs of Canberra and Melbourne much of western NSW endured its coldest day in several years and coldest August day in decades.
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Death toll rises in storm-hit Vietnam
15:00 EST
Flash floods and landslides brought by tropical storm Kammuri on Saturday (local time) have battered mountainous villages in northern Vietnam, killing at least 97 people and leaving 48 missing, the Government said.
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Aussie athletes battle Beijing's weather
13:43 EST
The swimmers have not been the only Olympians getting wet in Beijing, with bad weather playing havoc with the outdoor events at the Olympic Games.
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Adelaide's coldest August fortnight in over a decade
13:17 EST
Adelaide is going through its coldest two-week period in August in more than 10 years, according to weatherzone.
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Southern NSW shivers through cold winter
13:16 EST
Southern New South Wales is having its coldest weather since 2005, with parts of the highlands blanketed in snow.
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Rain boosts farmers' crop confidence
09:34 EST
Steady rain at the weekend has revived hopes for crops in the far north-west of Victoria and added to the growing confidence of farmers in the Wimmera and southern Mallee.
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Snow closes Great Western Hwy
09:04 EST
The Roads and Traffic Authority has closed the Great Western Highway, west of the Blue Mountains, because of snow.
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Southern Qld shivers through morning freeze
08:31 EST
Residents of Queensland's Darling Downs and South Burnett will be counting down the last 20 days of winter with a run of freezing mornings continuing today.
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