An index developed to track the power of named storms around the world is known as the Accumulated Cyclone Energy or what is often referred to as the ACE. The index uses a complex equation ...

Millions of residents along Australia’s eastern coast are bracing for the arrival of a very slow-moving storm, the strongest tropical cyclone to threaten the region in more than 50 years.

Tropical Cyclone Garance is forecast to track near Reunion, a French island in the southern Indian Ocean east of Madagascar. Reunion is about the size of Rhode Island and is home to around 900,000 ...

Tropical Cyclone Alfred formed in the Coral Sea Saturday evening Australian Eastern Time, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. The tropical cyclone had sustained wind speeds of 40 miles ...

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Alfred ‒ called a cyclone, not a hurricane in that part of the world ‒ is taking aim Friday on Brisbane, Queensland's state capital. Brisbane was last hit by a cyclone more than half a ...

It would be the first cyclone to come ashore along the southeastern coast of the state of Queensland since 1974, according to Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology. Hundreds of schools and multiple ...

Steve Turton has received funding from the Australian government. Severe Tropical Cyclone Zelia is bearing down on the northwest coast of Australia and is likely to make landfall early Friday evening.

Category 5 Cyclone Zelia swirled toward Australia's minerals-rich western coast Friday, with predicted gusts of up to 290 kilometers per hour sparking emergency warnings and port closures.

Tropical Cyclone Alfred has formed about 910 kilometres north-east of Cairns off the Queensland coast. The system is predicted to move further offshore before potentially turning towards the coast.