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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 ...
Determined not to let back-to-back disasters crush their celebration, Australia's wettest town is preparing for its 100th ...
Torrential rain pummelled Australia's southeast on Thursday, triggering flash flooding and forcing officials to issue fresh ...
Australia's busiest cyclone season wrapped up as April delivered everything from unseasonal heat to record rain. Signs now point to a warm, dry winter ahead. But the activity wasn't evenly spread.
Record floods cut a destructive path through eastern Australia on Friday, caking houses in silt, washing out roads and ...
The Cyclone Reinsurance Pool, a reinsurance arrangement between insurers and Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation (ARPC), ...
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 ...
For only the sixth time since 1950, no tropical cyclones have formed anywhere in the Northern Hemisphere so far this year.
Fast-moving floodwaters rose Wednesday in eastern Australia, inundating homes and leaving residents stranded on their roofs ...
Demonstrating a commitment to boosting household resilience to extreme weather, Suncorp and Leo Australia have launched Haven. This first-of-its-kind digital tool gives Australian homes a voice to ...