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Photos: Tropical Storm Wreaks Havoc on Australian Beaches, Infrastructure
The same energy that brought Kirra to life last week has slowly morphed into a more malevolent force. Cyclone Alfred was ...
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Rare cyclone batters Brisbane and Australia’s Gold Coast
Over the weekend, residents of Brisbane, Australia, were bracing for the impact of Tropical Cyclone Alfred. The storm was ...
Rare Cyclone Alfred approaches Brisbane; first storm to hit region over 50 years
Tropical Cyclone Alfred will cross the coast near the area of Brisbane late Friday or early Saturday. Forecasters are ...
Brisbane is bracing for floods yet again. History shows residents should remain on very high alert
Brisbane is a subtropical city of more than 2.5 million people, situated on a flood-prone river. That’s why residents mustn’t ...
Storm Alfred: Cyclone 'like jet airliners over roof'
A singer in Australia when a cyclone hit said it sounded like "three of four jet airliners roaring over the roof". David ...
Mass blackouts in storm-hit eastern Australia
Hundreds of thousands of people remain without power in Australia after a cyclone brought wild weather to the east coast.
Floodwaters still threaten parts of Australia’s east coast as tropical storm cleanup begins
(Jason O’Brien/AAP Image via AP) A resident takes photos of a flooded road, in Oxley, in Brisbane, Australia, Monday, March ...
Hundreds of thousands without power in Australia after storm
Hundreds of thousands of people in Australia's Queensland state were without power on Sunday after Alfred, a downgraded ...
Caught in a storm of misinformation, getting the right info is a disaster
Bombarding people with misleading information during a cyclone isn’t just annoying; it’s dangerous. The system needs to ...
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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. It will be the first tropical cyclone to hit southeast Queensland since a storm ...
Brisbane residents’ tensions rise in the calm before the storm
Modelling by Brisbane City Council shows that a storm surge of up to 1m could be added to a 1.5m-plus king tide, depending on ...
What is a cyclone? As tropical storm set to batter Brisbane
A rare weather phenomenon is heading towards the Australian city of Brisbane, as the country's eastern coast is preparing for ...