When Mirri entered the world last November at the Wild Cat Conservation Centre, her survival was far from certain. Born ...

Australia has just sweltered through its hottest 12 months on record, a weather official said Thursday, a period of drenching ...

Nearly 50,000 years of healthy life are lost every year in Australia due to cardiovascular ... north of Perth, during a heatwave in 2023 (AP) The study analyses 15 years of Australian health ...

Rising temperatures in Australia are putting increasing strain on people’s hearts, with heat-related cardiovascular disease expected to double or even triple by mid-century, according to a new study.

High temperatures on the east coast were caused by northerly and north-westerly winds from inland NSW and central Australia to the eastern coast, the bureau said. The state’s Rural Fire Service ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's New South Wales on Sunday sweated in a heat wave that raised the risk of bushfires and prompted authorities to issue a total fire ban for state capital Sydney.

The Bureau of Meteorology warned of a severe heatwave washing over parts of southern Australia, stretching from southeast Western Australia and SA to the far east regions of NSW and Victoria.

The heatwave will start to dissipate on Sunday ... forward to a chilly low of 11 degrees and a high of 18, with South Australia hitting similar temperatures that’ll get to the high-20s.