"This is the fifth day straight - I've done nothing but eat, sleep, surf and do it again." Kirra beach is famous for its breakers and this week has been busy as surfers wait for Cyclone Alfred. The cyclone is expected to make landfall as a category two system late Friday or – more likely - early Saturday morning.
Réunion island issued its highest level of threat warning as the French Indian Ocean territory braced for a direct hit by a cyclone packing gusts likely to exceed 200 kilometers per hour (124 miles per hour).
Garance was a tropical cyclone in the Indian Ocean early Thursday Eastern time, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center said in its latest advisory. The tropical cyclone had sustained wind speeds of 121 miles per hour,
A veterinary clinic in Brunswick County is undergoing a major renovation aimed at protecting it from future flooding. The Fix-A-Friend Spray Neuter Clinic was severely damaged by flooding from a potential tropical cyclone in September 2024.
Tropical cyclones Rae, Seru and Alfred are all churning as the region is in the peak of a season that starts in November and ends in April. The storms are called cyclones when they happen in the Southwest Pacific and hurricanes when they form in the North Atlantic,
The south-east is at risk of potentially deadly flooding as the Qld premier and Brisbane mayor urge residents to batten down the hatches.
Damaging winds, heavy rainfall and life-threatening floods are expected after the storm made a sudden shift toward Queensland.
Tropical cyclone Garance made landfall on the French Indian Ocean territory of Réunion on Friday, packing gusts of 166 kilometers (103 miles) per hour.
Australia’s east coast is closely watching Tropical Cyclone Alfred, which has been churning and strengthening over the Coral Sea. Although the storm is expected to stay offshore for now, it’s still set to bring gusty winds,
Tropical Cyclone Honde formed in the Mozambique Channel early Wednesday Eastern time, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. The tropical cyclone had sustained wind speeds of 58 miles per hour.
An Australian navy vessel plucked long-distance rower Aurimas Mockus from the Coral Sea, where Tropical Cyclone Alfred was whipping up 100-kilometer per hour winds and seven-meter swells