A woman has been killed and another injured after lightning struck a tree in Sydney’s southwest. A woman has been killed and another rushed to hospital after a lightning strike in Sydney's southwest.

A gnarly weekend of weather is on the way for eastern Australia with potentially severe thunderstorms, more than 100mm of rain and even a possible cyclone in the works.

A trough moving north from Victoria is forecast to bring "strong to severe" afternoon storms to the nation's east coast on ...

Emergency services were call to a home south-west of Sydney at about 5.30pm following reports two people were hit by the tree fragments.

A high pressure system over the Tasman Sea currently extends a ridge into northeastern New South Wales, while a trough moves over ... triggering widespread showers and thunderstorms. By Sunday this ...

Little change to this pattern is expected until mid-week, when a cold front will cross to the south causing the inland trough to ... Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm in ...

Thunderstorms that might cause localised flooding to persist in certain areas in KwaZulu-Natal as well as in the Free State, North West and Gauteng, according to the South African Weather Service.

The South African Weather Service (Saws) has issued a severe weather warning for severe thunderstorms, hail and heavy downpours in parts of the country. "A Yellow Level 2 warning for thunderstorms ...

Severe thunderstorms resulting in hail, heavy downpours and strong damaging winds are expected in parts of the Eastern Cape, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal, according to the South African Weather ...

In South Florida, tornadoes occur during strong winter and spring cold fronts, waterspouts that move onshore, tornadoes embedded in outer bands of tropical storms and hurricanes, and even during ...