New details have emerged about the increased risk of critical asthma symptoms for some groups of Asian migrants and descendants in Australia during thunderstorms. People of East or South Asian ...

[5] In the southern hemisphere, "thunderstorm asthma" epidemics have been reported in Australia. [6] Fivefold to 10-fold increases in emergency visits to major hospitals in Melbourne occurred ...

Bushfire Advice – Margate, Snug and surrounds – Monitor conditionsThis is a Bushfire Advice message for Snug Tiers and surrounds – Monitor conditions.There is no immediate threat.Tasmania ...

Wild weather is sweeping across the country as Sydney and Western Australia swelter ... dropped quickly in the evening due to a severe storm moving up from the South Coast. Heatwave burning ...

Epidemic thunderstorm asthma can happen during grass pollen season – October through December – in south-east Australia. It may be triggered by a unique combination of: high amounts of grass pollen in ...

More than five million people in the UK suffer with asthma. Asthma + Lung UK, external have said that humidity and thunderstorms can cause an 'unseasonal spike' in asthma-related A&E visits ...

Australia is enduring a dynamic mix of severe weather this week, with flooding rain, bushfires, heatwaves, severe ...

Check out this incredible footage of the current storm in Australia. Tenille Abbott from Queensland, Australia captured the ...

Australia has recorded the hottest temperatures ... with the chance of rain and a thunderstorm. Elsewhere in the state, the Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting severe heatwave conditions on ...

Millions of Aussies are being warned of severe thunderstorms and potential flash flooding in the coming days as rain and winds batter the country. Severe thunderstorms are set to affect Queensland ...