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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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At 4am AEST on Tuesday, Tropical Cyclone Alfred is expected to become a category two storm. Gales with damaging wind gusts of up to 120 kilometres per hour are expected to develop along the coast ...

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 ...

Thousands of residents are mopping up in the wake of ex-Cyclone Alfred, which has damaged homes and cars, flooded roads and gouged out beaches. Despite all this, the damage could have been so much ...

Tropical Cyclone Alfred has been downgraded to a Category 1 system and has hit Moreton Island as the system makes a beeline for the mainland. Brisbane City Council issued a warning to all ...