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Many across south-east Queensland are still assessing the damage wrought by ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred earlier this year.
The low-pressure system that lashed NSW with 110km/h winds and heavy downpours has been forecast to worsen on the South Coast ...
Extreme weather events have led to more than $1.8 billion in insured losses across Australia during the first six months of 2025 (1H 2025), according to figures released by the Insurance Council of ...
Social media giant Meta blocked or hid Facebook search results for "Cyclone Alfred" ahead of the tropical storm bearing down on Australia's east coast. The platform is a key communication channel ...
Cyclones, rain and flooding have cost Australians nearly $2 billion in damages in the first half of the year but it could ...
The unpredictability of natural disasters is threatening hopes of Labor delivering a third budget surplus, Anthony Albanese’s ...
ON 12 July 1900, after several days of intense heat, Ilkley was struck by a violent storm. Around 1pm, ominous skies rolled in, filled with lightning and thunder, and unleashed torrential rain over ...
Right now, a severe storm likely to be the first significant East Coast Low in three years is developing off the coast of New ...
For years it’s been a barren salt flat. But now, due to floods hundreds of miles away, Australia’s Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre appears set to fill for only the fourth time in 160 years.
As the city counter-sues people who lost their homes and businesses early last year, officials refuse to discuss the $1 ...