In a roundup of the week's weather news Clare Nasir and Helen Roberts discuss the powerful cyclone Ilsa hitting western Australia, the optimum air temperature for comfortable outdoor living and Grahame Madge brings the latest climate report on Flash Droughts. Oli Claydon delivers last weeks highs and lows

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