What’s the Difference Between a Cyclone, Hurricane and Typhoon?
Yes, a hurricane is the same as a typhoon, which is also the same as a cyclone but not necessarily the same as a bomb cyclone ...
Tracking Tropical Cyclone Jude
Jude was a tropical cyclone over Mozambique Monday morning, Central Africa Time, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center said in its ...
Cyclone Alfred is slowing – and that could make it more destructive. Here’s how climate change might have influenced it
The fact that Alfred is set to make landfall is very unusual. But we can’t yet definitively say this is due to climate change. Cyclones are steered by winds and weather patterns, and the Coral Sea’s ...
New research highlights flaws in cyclone risk evaluation
A new systematic review has revealed serious shortcomings in the evaluation of cyclone risk in Australia and worldwide. The ...
The latest updates on Tropical Cyclone Alfred — and when it could reach the coast
Tropical Cyclone Alfred is forecast to make landfall somewhere between the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast on Thursday.
Rare cyclone threatens millions on Australia’s east coast
Millions of residents along Australia’s eastern coast are bracing for the arrival of a very slow-moving storm, the most southerly tropical cyclone to threaten the region in more than 50 years.
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Cyclone Alfred is expected to hit southeast Queensland – the first in 50 years to strike so far south
Cyclone paths are also fairly predictable off the northwest coast of Australia. They typically form over the Timor Sea and drift southwest before shifting south and crossing the coast. Some are ...
How Cyclone Alfred came to threaten Queensland’s biggest city
For the first time in half a century Brisbane is facing a direct hit from a tropical cyclone, thanks to a recipe of warm seas, moist air, a monsoon trough and light winds.
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Rare cyclone threatens millions on Australia’s east coast
Tropical Cyclone Alfred is expected to make landfall ... region that doesn’t normally experience cyclones; they typically form much further north, over warmer waters in the tropics.