With crushing humidity hanging over the Top End, Northern Territorians are waiting desperately for the monsoon to kick off. The monsoon is dragging its feet; the rains usually turn up in December.

As Territorians sweat it out for yet another week, the Bureau of Meteorology forecasts the wait for the monsoon could be even longer than previously reported. Read why. This masthead reported on ...

Wildfire season in the Southwest has been a predictable rhythm of the region’s arid climate. As the dry months stretched from ...