Storms

The death toll in the Caribbean has climbed to 10 after Hurricane Beryl made landfall in Jamaica. King Charles III paid tribute on Thursday.

Beryl is expected to reach Jamaica at midday local time, causing an expected storm surge of 1.8 to 2.7 metres above typical levels.

Beryl becomes the earliest category five hurricane on record on Tuesday, with bureaus warning of the catastrophic damage it could bring to Jamaica and the Cayman Islands in the next few days.

A powerful Hurricane Beryl has made landfall on an island in the Caribbean after becoming a "life-threatening" category 4 storm, fuelled by record warm waters. 

For families in Darwin, the chance of sleep on Christmas Eve in 1974 vanished as they endured one of the worst natural disasters in the country. Fifty years on, one couple shares the "miracle" that kept their infant son alive as the cyclone raged around them.

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.

Australia's aerial firefighting fleet is being expanded to include planes that can respond to other disasters such as floods and major storms. It comes as longer and overlapping fire seasons place greater pressure on the existing fleet.

The manager of a family-run nursery that was torn apart by a ferocious storm in Bunbury says the business would have to close down if it weren't for enormous community support and "good hearts".

Anne Becroft and Scott McKinnon are among six witnesses giving evidence against Andrew Perez, who has pleaded not guilty to dozens of charges relating to allegations of fraud and carrying out residential building work without a licence or insurance. 

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

Northern Rivers flooding, the lack of affordable housing, and the cost-of-living crisis hit rough sleepers with a triple whammy as many sleep in tents while waiting for public housing.

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.

At least 15 people have died, including two children, after severe storms hit Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas on Sunday.

One tornado which tore through the centre of the small town of Greenfield, south-west of Des Moines, left a wide trail of obliterated homes, splintered trees and crumpled cars, before bringing down turbines at a nearby wind farm.

Extreme weather linked to climate change risks negatively affecting coastal property market values, as storm-related damage and erosion take their toll and insurance premiums soar.

The city of Houston is littered with fallen powerlines and building debris after a powerful thunderstorm with 161 kilometre per hour winds hit Texas. 

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.

Nearly a week after a tornado ripped through Bunbury, builders have warned Western Australia's ongoing shortage of construction staff could leave victims waiting a long time to rebuild.

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. 

More than 220 properties have suffered some sort of damage from the tornado, which ripped through the southern suburbs of WA's largest regional city on Friday.

The clean-up is underway and an asbestos alert is in place after a freak storm ripped through the WA city of Bunbury.

Months after a series of freak storms tore through the Gold Coast hinterland, Tammie Fogarty is still waiting for her home to be repaired. She says disaster victims have been left to fend for themselves as the state grapples with a $2.2 billion rebuild.

The Bureau of Meteorology warned level G4 (severe) geomagnetic storm conditions were expected to arrive at Earth from about 8pm AEST on Friday.

Two people are rushed to hospital after a tornado smashes through Bunbury on Friday afternoon.

The storms also triggered landslides and the partial collapse of a dam structure at a small hydro-electric power plant.