Rain

Some might think rain is good for growing, but for Gascoyne growers June's accumulative total of 104.4mm has been too much for their tomatoes to handle.

Ben Olschewsky was heading to the bush for a four-week building maintenance contract. Fourteen years later, he can't imagine living anywhere else.

With producers across the state looking far and wide for hay at a time of below-average rainfall, the mining giant's sudden drop in production comes as a blow to the livestock industry. 

South Australia's State Emergency Service receives dozens of calls for assistance amid inundating rain across parts of Adelaide, including the southern suburbs, where a patch of road was partially submerged.

After battling through a dry 18 months, some grain farmers near Geraldton are celebrating more rain in three days than they recorded across the whole of last year.

While this week's torrential rains across the state have begun to ease, the acting commissioner of NSW SES has urged residents to remain aware of potential flooding over the weekend.

Dry paddocks, dead and dying trees, and empty water tanks — that's the grim situation gripping Toodyay in Western Australia as regional towns pay the price of a long, dry summer.

Residents in Sydney’s south-west fear they will be cut off from their homes for several days as floodwaters continue to rise.

The price of blueberries has soared around the nation, and strawberry prices look set to follow.

Up to 250 millimetres of rain could soak parts of south-east NSW during the next 24 hours as another major rain event unfolds across the state.

A peak tourism body in WA's Wheatbelt says communities can no longer afford to rely on wildflowers as their primary tourist attraction.

Lloyd Castle's farm usually gets slightly more rain than a desert, but whatever falls he records and shares the data with the BOM.

Emergency services remain on the ground in Bunbury after a 'freak storm' leaves a trail of destruction in south western city overnight. 

A 5,000-kilometre-long cloud band travelling west to east is expected to drench parts of the country over the coming days. Following a second rainband, a separate weather system is threatening to bring heavy rain from NSW to Tasmania from Saturday to Thursday.

Adelaide finally sees some decent rain with more expected to fall overnight after experiencing drier than usual conditions since February.

Dunsborough residents get a spectacular view as the year's first winter storms rolled in across South Western WA.

A north-west cloud band will engulf Australia this week, signalling a rapid transition away from the monotonous high pressure systems which have dominated recent weather charts.

At least 67 people have been killed in flash floods and landslides in West Sumatra, prompting authorities to deploy a method typically used to fuel rainfall in drought-stricken areas.

Officials say the agency that owns the billboard did not have a permit to put up the hoarding, measuring larger than an olympic swimming pool. 

As the iconic red desert around Birdsville transforms into a green oasis, Queensland is emerging from a long, difficult drought.

Rain and more rain is predicted for New South Wales over the next six days, with parts of the state potentially facing floods and Sydney to experience its longest wet spell in decades.

If you're living in south-eastern Australia, the weather has probably been feeling a bit like Groundhog Day. What's been causing this extended rain streak? And why does it matter for Australia's weather? 

After years of continuous drought, record rain has transformed the Nullarbor region. For pastoralists, it means livestock can finally return to their properties. 

Tasmania's colourful fungi are putting on a show only in the state's dampest corners after a dry summer and autumn. A fungi enthusiast shares some species to look for when the conditions are right.

The sustained rain event across the state is expected to not only continue but to become more intense, with floods and a 14-day rain streak touted as possibilities.