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 ...

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.

Thousands of residents in eastern Australia have been instructed to evacuate as heavy rainfall, powerful winds and massive waves triggered by incoming Cyclone Alfred batter the region, leading to ...

Cyclone Errol intensifies into Category 4 system Residents in remote communities in Australia's northwest have been urged to prepare for damaging winds and heavy rain as a tropical cyclone barrels ...

transcript Dangerous conditions brought on by Tropical Cyclone Alfred’s destructive winds and flooding have caused thousands of people to evacuate on Australia’s eastern coasts, and the storm ...

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

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

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.

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