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.

Alfred ‒ called a cyclone, not a hurricane in that part of the world ‒ is taking aim Friday on Brisbane, Queensland's state capital. Brisbane was last hit by a cyclone more than half a ...

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At 4am AEST on Tuesday, Tropical Cyclone Alfred is expected to become a category two storm. Gales with damaging wind gusts of up to 120 kilometres per hour are expected to develop along the coast ...

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SYDNEY, March 5 (Reuters) - Australia braced for a rare east coast tropical cyclone that is swirling towards Brisbane, its third-most populous city, with authorities urging residents in flood ...

The system is expected to make landfall between the Gold Coast and southern parts of the Wide Bay region as a category two cyclone. If it does, it will be the first cyclone to cross Queensland's ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian warship on Monday rescued a Lithuanian solo rower who had encountered a tropical cyclone while attempting to cross the Pacific Ocean from California.