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1 month ago | cairnspost.com.au | Grace Frost

Footy fans heading to the ‘G for the Carlton V Hawthorn clash are set for weather whiplash as Melbourne delivers both summer heat and downpour on Thursday. Temperatures were projected to reach a top of 31C in Melbourne by the early afternoon, but an early morning sheet of cloud is likely to keep that maximum at around 29C instead. City-goers should brace for rain as the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) predicts thunderstorms and potentially heavy showers to hit Melbourne between 11am and 5pm.

1 month ago | townsvillebulletin.com.au | Grace Frost

Footy fans heading to the ‘G for the Carlton V Hawthorn clash are set for weather whiplash as Melbourne delivers both summer heat and downpour on Thursday. Temperatures were projected to reach a top of 31C in Melbourne by the early afternoon, but an early morning sheet of cloud is likely to keep that maximum at around 29C instead. City-goers should brace for rain as the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) predicts thunderstorms and potentially heavy showers to hit Melbourne between 11am and 5pm.

1 month ago | cairnspost.com.au | Grace Frost

Melbourne commuters are battling peak-hour travel chaos with fifteen metro train lines facing major delays of up to 50 minutes. Trains were not running through the City Loop following an incident at Melbourne Central Station. Melbourne Central Station was evacuated and fire crews called to the station after an alarm was triggered. The incident was deemed a false alarm just before 8am.

2 months ago | couriermail.com.au | Grace Frost

NewsDon't miss out on the headlines from News. Followed categories will be added to My News. The Degraves Street Subway at Flinders Street Station has reopened to the public after more than two years of being closed to commuters. The underpass connects all the platforms below ground at about the midway point on each platform, parallel to the Elizabeth St pedestrian underpass.

2 months ago | news.com.au | Grace Frost |Carly Douglas |Jordan McCarthy

Firefighters are battling five out-of-control fires in Victoria’s west as the state braces for more dangerous hot and dry conditions. Residents in Glenisla, Strachans and Victoria Valley were on Tuesday night told to leave their homes immediately and warned emergency services may not be able to reach them if they chose to stay. Dry lightning started a fire at the Little Desert National Park in the early afternoon on Monday, which razed more than 69,000ha of land within hours.