Video shows Queensland, Australia, after Cyclone Alfred dropped 15 inches of rain
Cyclone Alfred struck the east coast of Australia late Friday, unleashing strong winds, rough surf and dangerous rip currents along popular beaches over the weekend. An estimated 10 to 15 inches fell ...
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Australia’s beaches recover from Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred as extreme weather intensifies
The tropical storm that hit eastern Australia's shores battered many beaches along a 300-mile stretch of coastline that draws ...
Cyclone Alfred is expected to hit southeast Queensland – the first in 50 years to strike so far south
Tropical Cyclone Alfred is expected to cross the southeast Queensland coast late this Thursday as a Category 2 storm. The ...
Australia could experience most cyclones in 19 years as a tropical low sits off the WA coast
Australia could experience the most cyclones in 19 years, with a tropical low off the West Australian coast likely to develop ...
Cyclone Alfred heading toward Brisbane and eastern Australia for rare landfall
Alfred is forecast to make landfall near Brisbane, the capital of Queensland and Australia’s third largest city.
‘Rare’ cyclone Alfred swirls off Australia’s east coast, residents urged to evacuate
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-prone suburbs to evacuate soon.
Australia: At least 16 dead in outbreak of waterborne illness after severe storms in northern Queensland
The wave of melioidosis infections has been exacerbated by poverty and the increasing severity of storms and floods resulting ...
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.
Residents prepare for the first cyclone in 51 years to hit the Australian coast near Brisbane
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Residents were stacking sandbags to protect low-lying properties Wednesday ahead of a tropical cyclone forecast to become the first in 51 years to hit the Australian east ...
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Rare cyclone batters Brisbane and Australia’s Gold Coast
“In Brisbane, we’re really not used to tropical cyclones,” she said. Annie Lau is a coastal geomorphologist at the University ...
See it: Kangaroo among those rescued during Australia floods from Tropical Cyclone Alfred
A kangaroo called “Skippy" was rescued after Tropical Cyclone Alfred recently battered Australia, producing heavy rains and ...