Despite his quibbles, Karoly said the conclusion of the ClimaMeter study is sound because it matches the warning from the ...

Australia ranks its tropical cyclones differently than how the U.S. measures hurricane intensity. For example, in Australia, the mean wind speed is defined over a period of 10 minutes, whereas the ...

The Cyclone Reinsurance Pool, a reinsurance arrangement between insurers and Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation (ARPC), ...

A strong cold front with a frigid airmass originating in Antarctica is tracking towards southeastern Australia. The freezing ...

Determined not to let back-to-back disasters crush their celebration, Australia's wettest town is preparing for its 100th ...

More than 2.7m Australian addresses have been identified by a major insurer as being at high risk of at least one extreme ...

Heavy rain in Australia's southeast triggered flash flooding and cut off entire towns on Wednesday, stranding some residents ...

The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has released new figures on the two major severe weather catastrophes that have ...

Insured losses in Queensland have soared to $1.5bn from almost 130,000 claims after the Sunshine State was battered by two ...

Large parts of northern WA, the NT and possibly even western and central Queensland will unseasonably heavy rain over the coming week.

Researchers have now 'heard' the echo of cyclones whirling ocean waters from all the way on the other side of our planet.

Insured losses from extreme weather events in Australia have reached A$1.5bn ($970mn) so far this year, according to the ...