Cyclone Larry rung up a 250-million-dollar insurance claim for the people of Northern Queensland. Beginning as a low-pressure ...

Rare Category 2 storm nears Australian coast as millions face ‘worst-case scenario’ - Alfred is now about 345 km east of ...

Cyclone Alfred may well end up being the costliest cyclone in our history by virtue of it hitting a huge population centre.

Tropical Cyclone Alfred is lingering off the coast of Queensland, bringing hazardous surf and gale-force winds to coastal communities. Coastal communities in northern Australia are no stranger ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Residents were stacking sandbags to protect low-lying properties Wednesday ahead of a tropical cyclone forecast to become the first in 51 years to hit the Australian ...

Residents across the Australian states of Queensland and New South Wales have been waiting anxiously as a tropical storm - downgraded from Cyclone Alfred - crawls towards them, leaving thousands ...

The Bureau of Meteorology declared the tropical cyclone as a category one at about 5pm on Sunday, with the system about 910km east-northeast of Cairns and moving in an easterly direction.

Clayton (R) and Matthew Hoy wade through flood waters surrounding their family home outside Innisfail, 84 kilometres from Cairns, which was destroyed by Cyclone Larry in 2006. (AP Photo/Rob ...