The heavy rain, record-breaking waves, and life-threatening flooding on Australia’s eastern coast are just the first stage of Cyclone Alfred—a rare tropical storm heading straight for Brisbane.

An "erratic" tropical cyclone lingered off Australia's eastern coast on Thursday, bringing drenching rains and record-breaking waves to a heavily populated region rarely hit by typhoons. Tropical ...

Ex-Cyclone Alfred stalled off the rain- and wind-lashed coast of eastern Australia on Saturday, threatening to unleash floods after blacking out more than 330,000 homes and businesses. The former ...

SYDNEY, March 7 (Reuters) - Australia ordered thousands of people in its eastern regions to evacuate before Tropical Cyclone Alfred hits land on Saturday, as the storm brought heavy rain, huge waves ...

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. Tropical ...

SYDNEY, March 6 (Reuters) - Cyclone Alfred stalled off Australia's east coast on Thursday as officials shut airports, schools and public transport while residents stockpiled supplies and sandbagged ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The horticultural industry was among the worst hit, with strong winds toppling and damaging hundreds of orchard trees, and floodwaters inundating ...

Heavy rainfall and flooding damaged homes and vehicles in Australia, with locals even reporting shark sightings in inland canals. Cyclone Alfred formed over the Coral Sea on Feb. 22, NASA Earth ...

Australia’s largest property and casualty (P/C) insurers should be well placed to manage claims stemming from tropical cyclone Alfred, which could top A$2billion (US$1.3 billion), according to a ...

Damaging winds, heavy rainfall and life-threatening floods are expected after the storm made a sudden shift toward Queensland. By Nazaneen Ghaffar Nazaneen Ghaffar is a reporter on The Times’s weather ...

Thousands of residents are mopping up in the wake of ex-Cyclone Alfred, which has damaged homes and cars, flooded roads and gouged out beaches. I write from Brisbane, where rain has fallen for several ...

Earlier this month, Tropical Cyclone Alfred crossed the eastern coast of Australia and moved through the country’s third largest population centre, home to nearly five million people, including ...