Two states are the firing line of Tropical Cyclone Alfred, while an Australian naval ship is helping rescue a battered rower.

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Tropical Cyclone Alfred is expected to make landfall this week, bringing strong winds, tidal surges, heavy rainfall and the ...

North Queensland residents were shaken awake last night as a 4.4-magnitude earthquake rocked the city. Panthers superstar ...

Queenslanders in Brisbane and the Gold Coast have been warned Cyclone Alfred poses a "very real threat" of making a direct ...

Brisbane is in the firing line of a cyclone for the first time in a generation, as the category 3 Alfred system, packing ...

Millions of Australians are bracing for gale-force winds of up to 80mph with the storm predicted to make landfall on Thursday ...

Australia’s east coast is closely watching Tropical Cyclone Alfred, which has been churning and strengthening over the Coral ...

The unusual activity is "a lot to happen at once, but not unprecedented," an atmospheric science professor said.

Tropical cyclone activity is buzzing across the Southern Hemisphere with as many as six cyclones simultaneously spinning ...

An unusual situation occurred in the Southern Hemisphere Tuesday afternoon, when 5 tropical storms, called cyclones in that ...