worldDevastating floods have led to the deaths of more than 100 people in Brazil after heavy rain lashed the southern region of Rio Grande do Sul this week. Thousands are now homeless and many households are without electricity and running water.
AustraliaThe east coast is staring down the barrel of another powerful wet weather system this weekend – with some areas at risk of flash flooding and sunseekers being forced to wait until next week for the skies to clear.
WeatherSky News Meteorologist Rob Sharpe says he is predicting “more flood warnings” later on this week.
WeatherEastern Australia is at risk of a Mother’s Day washout as an almost identical low-pressure trough to the one that brought a month’s worth of rain to much of the region over the weekend forms over inland parts of the country.
WeatherMore wet weather is on the way for Australia’s already-drenched east coast, with another washed out weekend ahead.
WeatherThe latest mass coral bleaching event across the Southern Great Barrier Reef is shaping up to be the most severe and widespread on record.
WeatherResidents in New South Wales are being warned to keep the “brolly handy”.
WeatherHeavy rainfall is expected to intensify in Sydney during the weekend.
WeatherAustralia’s east coast is bracing for a seven-day wet weather event with rain particularly set to drench parts of New South Wales.
WeatherA series of thunderstorms are “creeping across the state” of NSW, says Sky News Meteorologist Rob Sharpe.