Spectacular lightning strikes have illuminated the night sky across Hobart overnight as a brief storm moved over the state.

The Sydney to Hobart fleet is bracing for a rough night at sea on Boxing Day Winds of up to 40 knots are expected as well as showers too in the Bass Strait The Sydney to Hobart fleet is bracing ...

Two sailors on separate boats have died in boom accidents two hours apart on a storm-ravaged first night of the annual Sydney to Hobart race, adding to the event's long history of deaths at sea.