Tyne Logan
Tyne is the weather reporter for the ABC's National Climate Team.
She is a multi-platform reporter, with experience working in radio, TV and digital platforms.
Prior to taking on her current role, Tyne worked in Perth as the state weather reporter and presenter for the 7pm news. Her career has taken across regional Western Australia, from the Kimberley to the Great Southern, where she is currently based.
Latest by Tyne Logan
As pilots bring this plane up to the wall of the hurricane, it starts to shake like 'an old wooden rollercoaster'
By weather reporter Tyne Logan
Each year, a team of scientists flies directly into the eyes of some of the world’s biggest storms as they try to solve one of meteorology's greatest forecasting fears — the rapid intensification of life-threatening hurricanes and cyclones.
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Canadian fires pumped triple the country's annual emissions into the atmosphere. What does that mean for the climate?
By weather reporter Tyne Logan
Megafires were once rare, but they are becoming increasingly common, and 2023 is clear evidence of that. Experts say the events are being made worse by climate change. But how much are wildfires contributing to climate change themselves?
Not just El Niño: Here's what's been pulling the strings on Australia's weather recently
By weather reporter Tyne Logan
Over the past six months, Australia has gone from a parched landscape on the brink of extreme drought to flooding rains in summer. In the background, several climate drivers have been helping guide the weather.
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What's in store for Australia's weather for the rest of summer?
By weather reporter Tyne Logan
The Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting warmer-than-average temperatures for much of the country in February, with wetter-than-normal conditions currently underway in central and eastern Australia expected to continue for the rest of January.
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Iceland's Grindavik volcano erupts, setting fire to homes as island 'tears itself apart'
By weather reporter Tyne Logan
Houses have been set on fire in the Icelandic town of Grindavik, after two volcanic fissures erupted nearby. It is the second volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes peninsula in south-west Iceland in less than a month.
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Take a look at 2023's record-breaking temperatures in graphs and photos
By weather reporter Tyne Logan
While it's already been called the world's hottest year, the full set of climate data up to December 31 shows global temperatures reached "exceptionally" high levels in 2023.
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How did Australia's 2023 weather stack up against the rest of the world?
By weather reporter Tyne Logan
Last year may have been the world's hottest at a global level but Australia's was comparatively subdued after recording its equal eighth warmest on record, according the Bureau of Meteorology's annual climate statement for 2023.
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Analysis
analysis:Did the Bureau of Meteorology drop the ball in its Tropical Cyclone Jasper forecasts?
By weather reporter Tyne Logan and ABC meteorologist Tom Saunders
An ABC analysis of events which unfolded last week shows the bureau's rain forecasts after Jasper's landfall were hindered by very poor modelling of the system's track.
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How a low-level cyclone caused Cairns's largest flood in more than a century
By weather reporter Tyne Logan
As heavy rain starts to ease across north Queensland, and evacuations get underway, locals are wondering how a relatively low-level category cyclone turned into such chaos.
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What is controlling Tropical Cyclone Jasper's path?
By weather reporter Tyne Logan
Tropical Cyclone Jasper is expected to cross the Queensland coast within 24 hours, but there is a "cone of uncertainty" as to where it will make landfall, the Bureau of Meteorology says.
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How work, a cricket game and even just sitting at home can be catastrophic during a heatwave
Over the next few months, we'll endure heatwaves in different parts of the country. Extreme heat can be life-threatening for some people — and not necessarily the ones you expect.
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Half of Australia is covered by heatwave warnings this week — and that's before the rain and cyclone
By weather reporter Tyne Logan
Temperatures are expected to exceed 45C in some locations, marking the first big heatwave of the summer.
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This year's El Niño is 'really confusing a lot of climate scientists', following heavy November rain
By weather reporter Tyne Logan
After two weeks of storms and heavy rainfall lashed Australia's eastern states, there's little doubt that it has been a very wet November for many, defying the odds of a dry weather for spring. So what happened to El Niño?
What does the bushfire and summer outlook look like for you?
By weather reporter Tyne Logan
The Bureau of Meteorology and AFAC summer outlook shows Australia is not off the hook for hot summer temperatures and a heightened bushfire risk, despite heavy rain currently falling across the east.
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Eastern Australia rolling in storms and wild weather, including the most dangerous – supercell thunderstorms
By weather reporter Tyne Logan
Supercells are the biggest and baddest kind of severe thunderstorm, capable of producing violent winds, large hail, and tornadoes.
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Widespread severe storms continue into weekend, dumping heavy rain on drought stricken areas
By weather reporter Tyne Logan
Rain is falling onto dry farms, dry gardens and empty water tanks, much to the relief of farmers and firefighters after a very dry couple of months.
The heat was brutal at Taylor Swift's tragic Rio concert. One factor made it even more dangerous
By weather reporter Tyne Logan
The heat index – or "feels like" – temperature reportedly reached 59C in Rio de Janeiro as thousands of fans queued up for Taylor Swift's performance.
Week-long spell of extreme heat and storms to hit Australia
By weather reporter Tyne Logan
Storms carrying the risk of heavy rain, large hail, and damaging winds are set to hit much of northern and eastern Australia this week while Western Australia bakes under a potential record-breaking November heatwave.
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The unintended climate benefit of the 1980s car industry
By weather reporter Tyne Logan
Research shows a change to cars 40 years ago virtually stopped decades of rising toxic gas levels in the Southern Hemisphere, and led to an unintended benefit for the world's climate.
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How do thunderstorms trigger widespread asthma attacks?
By weather reporter Tyne Logan
Residents across Victoria are on heightened alert for thunderstorm asthma outbreaks this week, but how does stormy weather combine with pollen levels to create such chaos?
After the driest September-October on record, much of Australia to cop severe thunderstorm activity
By ABC meteorologist Tom Saunders and weather reporter Tyne Logan
Some of the storm activity has the potential to become severe, carrying the risk of gusty winds, heavy rain and hail.
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Older people, men and Queenslanders among most susceptible to extreme weather related injury, new data shows
By weather reporter Tyne Logan and Mya Kordic
As extreme weather events become more frequent, a new report from the nation's key agency for information and statistics on Australia's health and welfare unpacks the impacts.
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The cyclone that just hit Vanuatu was the earliest Southern Hemisphere category 5 ever recorded. Here's why
The cyclone not only formed outside of the normal cyclone season, it is now the earliest, strongest system ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere — by a long way. So what allowed it to become so strong so early on?
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Gagged and grief-stricken, yet defiant: Ecologists and climate scientists reveal devastating culture of suppression
By the climate team's Jess Davis and Tyne Logan
The beauty and wonder of the natural world is what keeps scientists like Dana Bergstrom fighting to protect it. She's one of many who say speaking out comes at a cost but not speaking up can take an even greater personal toll.
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'I wish I'd made my house resilient for far less money': How to build a house that can survive extreme weather
By weather reporter Tyne Logan
As the climate changes, an increasing number of houses in Australia are projected to be exposed to bushfires. Now, a new tool, flagged by a royal commission, has been developed that lets individuals and communities realise their vulnerabilities, plan for change and go into the next disaster better prepared.
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