An exceptional soaking across outback Australia has broken all-time rain records ... prolonging a productive northern wet season which has brought frequent soakings deep into the country's interior.

The outback is a vast remote area in the centre of Australia: dry, arid and almost entirely uninhabited. During summer, the outback can get extremely hot and getting lost is dangerous - but ...

In 2024, all but one rally has had to be rerouted due to extreme, unpredictable weather, during different seasons ... wet weather coming through into the outback, into central Australia ...

Picture: BOM People in Western Australia are already getting a preview of the hot and wet season ahead, with above average temperatures recorded across the northern parts of the state. Last ...

Three separate cloud bands sweeping across Australia during the coming week ... a pattern more commonly seen during the ...