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Arial footage of flash flooding along the Calder Highway in Mildura.

Flood warnings downgraded in state’s north after drenching

Mildura in Victoria’s north recorded almost half its usual annual rainfall total since Saturday.

  • Cassandra Morgan and Gemma Grant

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Two more bands of heavy rain are forecast to hit Victoria from Sunday, after two storms earlier this week brought hail and flash flooding.

Parts of Victoria on flood watch as heavy rain set to continue

Victoria’s wild and wet end to summer is forecast to continue into March, with two more downpours expected before Tuesday.

  • Alexander Darling
Storms loom over Melbourne on Boxing Day.

Mass flood warnings issued as Victoria braces for thunderstorms, pouring rain

The Yarra and Maribyrnong rivers are among those which could flood due to an intense downpour that has been forecast.

  • Angus Delaney
Renewable energy reached a record high share of the electricity grid in the December quarter.

For the first time, renewable energy is supplying most of our power

Renewables became the dominant energy supply for an entire quarter in the final three months of last year, helping the grid skate through the early days of a scorching summer.

  • Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
The aurora australis lit up Victorian skies overnight.

Rare glimpse of aurora causes ‘absolute chaos’ at Mornington Peninsula beach

A man was rescued after a cliff fall at a popular Victorian coastal spot as hundreds gathered to catch a glimpse of the southern lights.

  • Isabel McMillan
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Locals begin cleaning up in Wye River on Friday morning after intense flooding.

Why Wye River copped a rain bomb that washed away cars

Sudden, dramatic downpours struck towns across the Otways on Thursday, flooding campgrounds, triggering evacuations and sweeping cars out to sea.

  • Liam Mannix
Yarck resident Bob Balsdon at his property in Yark devastated by bushfire.

‘I haven’t slept for three nights’: Residents of Yarck return to ruins

When the Longwood fires crept up over the rolling hills and threatened to reduce Yarck to cinders last week, Robbie Cumming’s parents decided to stay back and fight.

  • Marta Pascual Juanola
A firefighting aircraft circles the Longwood fire in Victoria as temperatures accelerated fire emergencies.

Wind, smoke, ash: What this weekend’s weather will bring to Melbourne

The smell of smoke is drifting down to Melbourne, as residents report ash falling into their homes. But weather experts warn the air quality will only deteriorate as smoke settles in across the state on Sunday.

  • Isabel McMillan
Brighton Beach on Friday morning.

Mercury peaks at 43 degrees in Melbourne as hot winds wreak havoc

The Bureau of Meteorology’s station in the city recorded a maximum of 42.9 degrees at 4.04pm. Just over an hour later the temperature had dropped to 31.3 degrees.

  • Lachlan Abbott and Gemma Grant