Extreme Storms

Storm type

drought

89 reports

Photo from: Intense Carnage caused by the Bushfires near Bilpin ad Bell.

Extended period of little or no precipitation

Storm type

drought

Extended period of little or no precipitation

Two unusual weather events for Australia – Rain event and a dust storm 26 to 28 May 2025 1 Jun 2025 · Australia The Los Angeles fires – A catastrophe with over 12,000 buildings and homes damaged or destroyed – January 7 to 14 2025 18 Jan 2025 · Los Angeles, CA Potential significant rain event 25 to 27 September 2024 – Southern Australia 20 Sep 2024 · Southern Australia Major fire devastates Lahaina Maui – Hawaii – Strong winds, drought and Hurricane Dora plays a role – August 7 to 9 2023 11 Aug 2023 · Wailuku, Maui, HI, US Heavy rain showers provide relief from worsening drought – Tana Toraja (Sulawesi Indonesia) – July 2023 9 Aug 2023 · Rantepao, Sulawesi, ID Winter storms and snowfall eases years of drought for California – February and March 2023 12 Mar 2023 · Mountains north of Los Angeles, CA, US Drought declared in England as hot weather continues – August 2022 14 Aug 2022 · England, GB Maximum temperatures top 40C for the first time in England – Tuesday 19 July 2022 23 Jul 2022 · England, GB Rain and storms continues into new year 1-3 January 2021 3 Jan 2021 · NSW rain and storms (Parkes) Images January 2020 Bushfires west of Sydney 15 Nov 2020 · Warragamba, NSW Frost and drought – -4.3C this morning at Richmond NSW – we are not far away 1 Sep 2020 · Richmond, NSW Dust storm number two for 2020 in Sydney More dust has begun to pass over this… 23 Jan 2020 · Sydney, NSW Pyrocumulus Time-Lapse of the Green Wattle Fire 4th January 2020 during record heat wave conditions 11 Jan 2020 · Buxton, NSW Spectacular Flash Flood of a dry river bed So dry across most of Australia but … 8 Jan 2020 How a 24-DAY heatwave in January 1896 saw temperatures hit 49 degrees 8 Jan 2020 First Cumulus developing from a fire Pyrocumulus near Glenmore Park 7 Jan 2020 · Glenmore Park, NSW I simply had to do it – it’s slowly frying away. My feet are burning and the pho… 4 Jan 2020 · Penrith, NSW Video of Ferocious and Scary Fires 4 Jan 2020 Record high temperature at Penrith 48.9C 4th January 2020 4 Jan 2020 · Penrith, NSW Heat, dry lightning and dangerous fire conditions to continue for southern Australia 2 Jan 2020 Beautiful display from mother nature this evening and even had a couple of drops… 2 Jan 2020 Firefighter died after winds lifted 10-tonne truck off the ground in ‘freakish weather event 31st December 2019 31 Dec 2019 · Jingellic, NSW Big fire day unfortunately – and it seems a high temperature day with low humidity 31st December 2019 31 Dec 2019 · Penrith, NSW Interesting to see how shallow the moisture is or trajectory of the drier air 30th December 2019 30 Dec 2019 · Penrith, NSW
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