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December

29  Heatwave conditions intensify in the Centre and Southeast
28  Changes made to AWN's OCF forecast pages
27  Heatwave spans the country as temperatures push to high 40s
25 Merry Christmas to all AWN users
22 QLD, WA: Heatwave continues in the north
21 QLD, WA: Sweltering nights and scorching days in the north
20 NSW, QLD: Heat moves east and north into central NSW, SW QLD
16  QLD: ex-TC Owen brings over half a metre of rain to FNQ
14  QLD: TC Owen strengthens while lurking in the Gulf
12 NT: Darwin sweats through back-to-back record hot nights
12 NT: Hot day and night set records tumbling
11 QLD: Ex-Tropical Cyclone Owen brings heavy rain, some wind to FNQ
11 WA: Another remarkable thunderstorm wind gust
08  Unprecedented heatwave makes lap of the continent
05 NT: Yet another exceptionally high thunderstorm wind gust
04 WA: Severe wind in the Kimberley
03  “Leaders of the world, you must lead”: COP24 begins
03 WA: Severe storms roll from Wheatbelt to Goldfields
02 BoM statement on the eastern Australian drought worth a read
01 SA: Storm brings super-record wind in Snowtown

November

28  NSW, QLD: Queensland burns while Sydney floods
28  QLD: Parched bush, extreme heat and wind bring first-ever Catastropic fire rating
28  NSW: A month's rain falls in two hours in Sydney
17  USA: Californian fires worst in recorded history
16 WA: Large bushfire closes Great Northern Highway
16 India: Tropical Cyclone Gaja brings death, heavy wind damage and rain
16 USA: Snow causes chaos in New York
15 NT: Heavy storms hit Darwin
15 WA: Lightning brings $3.6m fire bill around Dalwallinu
11 France: The weather of the Great War
11 WA: Active thunderstorms bring heavy rain from central to southern WA
11 QLD: Heavy rain on the Tropical Coast
10 WA: Cold snap decimates wine region
09  Strong front brings temperature extremes, violent weather and welcome rain

October

September

27 Bureau issues dismal outlook for next three months
27 First southern hemisphere tropical cyclone named over a month before the season starts
25 Wadeye NT smashes "dry" season records
23 Warm weather spreads south in WA
23 Snow season second best in 14 years
20  Bushfires rage in WA, NT, QLD and NSW
20  Bushfire links to bookmark
16 A weekend of wild weather for southern states
15 Philippines: Mangkhut crosses Luzon and heads for China
14 Philippines: Super Typhoon Mangkhut close to landfall
14 USA: Florence makes landfall
14 USA: Hurricane Florence close to landfall
13 Philippines: Super Typhoon Mangkhut remains Category 5 as it approaches the Philippines
13 USA: Dramatic imagery from NOAA of Florence
13 USA: Hurricane Florence update
13 Seasonal Outlook Update out
13 USA: Hurricane Florence
12  Near record number of tropical storms cause alarm in Asia and USA
05  Drought intensifies in large part of continent
05  Typhoon Jebi hits central Japan, worst cyclone in 25 years
05 International Wrap-Up. North Korea (DPRK): Severe floods; USA: Tropical Storm Gordon makes landfall; New Zealand: Heavy rain in the north, snow in the south
02 Summing the damage in North America's wildfires
01 Super Typhoon Jebi heads for Japan and Russia
01  Outlook is for warm, dry weather to continue

August

30  Exceptionally warm night in eastern SA
30 Cold nights linger in the SE
29  Record cold in southeastern states
16 NSW, VIC: Bushfires an omen of worst fire season in a decade.
16 BoM Seasonal Forecast is for worsening drought.
16 NSW: Emus come to town.
15 TAS: Wild winds bring sleepless night
15 WA: Cold nights in the north.
01 BoM changes model on which seasonal outlooks are based

July

22 TAS: Getting away from it all - on Maatsuyker Island
      QLD: Big bananas, big prawns - now Australia has the Big Thermometer
      Sweden, Finland: Forest fires continue
      Europe, Asia: Heat brings drought, death and violent storms
21 WA: Fronts bring heavy rain to the South West
20 SE Australia: Cold airmass moves in
      NSW: Good Alpine snowfalls
      Vietnam, Philippines: Tropical Cyclones Son-Tinh brings flooding
      Scandinavia: "Historic" forest fires, record heat
      Europe, UK: Fires threaten elsewhere

June

03 WA: Heat builds ahead of front
01 AUS: Failure of May rains puts winter crops at risk

May

11  TAS: Records smashed as torrential rain brings flash floods to Hobart
11  VIC, NSW: Cold outbreak brings low-level snow

April

29 New Zealand: Gales and flooding rain hit the North Island
27 Rwanda: 75 or more lose lives in rain and storms

March

30  Yet more rain threatened as QLD Tropical North Coast drenched again
30 Don't believe everything you read
26  Nora downgraded as the cost is counted
26  Over half a metre of rain brings flooding to QLD North Tropical Coast
24 Nora batters Cape York Peninsula, Marcus dies, Iris is born
24 Bureau's "Latest Weather Observations" become more "latest"
23 Tropical Cyclone Nora forms in Gulf
23 BoM and ABC announce partnership
10  Torrential rain, widespread flooding on Far North QLD coast
01  Tropical low drowns Townsville before heading west

February

01  Floods and record rain in WA Kimberley and NT Top End
02  Lessons learnt from AWN's disruption by ... the weather
02 Ex Tropical Cyclone Fehi swipes NZ
02  Guatamala and Honduras badly hit by flooding
02  Major floods in Bolivia, Argentina and Paraguay
06  Heavy rain and floods in FNQ, but Townsville misses out
06 Heavy snow in China, Japan
07 FNQ rain eases
08  Widespread flooding caps miserable winter in Europe
08  Seine rises 4m above normal as winter rain reaches Paris
09 Dramatic flash flooding in Indonesia leads to deaths
11  Snow, floods make for miserable winter in France
12 Heavy rain and flooding in East Malaysia
15 Third dzud in a row wreaks havoc in Mongolia
16 Tropical Cyclone Sanba hits southern Philippines
19 Strong winds cause damage in Melbourne
17  Cyclones to Australia's east and NW as Broome swamped again
20  Stormy times in QLD
20 Dust storm hits Charleville
22  An extraordinary end to Tropical Cyclone Kelvin
24 Heavy rain brings flooding to SE QLD
24  Just how deadly are roads covered by floodwater?
25  Unusual thunderstorm hits Perth, moves into Great Southern
27 Line of storms produce rain and flash flooding from Toowoomba to Springsure

January

07  New format, better methods to improve AWN News
29 TC Fehi brings rain, floods to New Caledonia