Steve Turton has previously received funding from the Australian Government. Category 2 cyclones produce winds at levels considered damaging at best, destructive at worst – typically gusting as ...

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.

The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) has confirmed it will be skipping over the name “Anthony” for the next tropical cyclone to hit our shores in order to avoid confusion with Australia’s current ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Gold Coast is home to some of Australia's most famous beaches. But after ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred, the shoreline looks worse for wear. Floodwaters are set to remain high for some time ...

SYDNEY, March 5 (Reuters) - Australia braced for a rare east coast tropical cyclone that is swirling towards Brisbane, its third-most populous city, with authorities urging residents in flood ...

Passengers on a Brisbane-bound cruise ship have been forced to spend days longer at sea as ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred throws holiday plans into chaos. Those aboard Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of ...

For the first time in more than five decades, a tropical cyclone is on track to hit Australia’s relatively temperate east coast. Slow-moving Cyclone Alfred is barrelling toward Brisbane ...

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