This footage shows heavy ran, lightning flashes and thunder during a powerful storm in Cronulla.

With temperatures in parts of the state, including Melbourne, set to soar to 42 degrees, locals took advantage of the warm ...

Wild weather is expected to continue through the weekend, with ongoing thunderstorms on the east coast and a tropical cyclone ...

Wednesday’s destructive storm was lit up by flashes of lightning, with more than 70,000 strikes recorded within 100 ...

Picture this. It's a summer evening in Australia. A dry lightning storm is about to sweep across remote, tinder-dry bushland.

Lightning, wind and driving rain have wreaked havoc in northern NSW, felling trees, cutting off roads and properties and ...

Authorities declared a natural disaster Saturday in parts of eastern Australia where gales have toppled trees and knocked out ...

A huge line of storms crossed New South Wales overnight, causing power outages, flash flooding and almost 2 million lightning ...

A single lightning strike can release a 30 million-volt surge, enough to severely injure or kill a person in an instant.

A man is dead and several others have been left injured, with crews working to address storm damage and restore power ...

Authorities declared a natural disaster Saturday in parts of eastern Australia where gales have toppled trees and knocked out power to tens of thousands of homes. Heavy rain, lightning and winds ...

Authorities declared a natural disaster Saturday in parts of eastern Australia where gales have toppled trees and knocked out power to tens of thousands of homes. A coconut tree in the storm.