Queensland Premier David Crisafulli said dozens of evacuation centers had been ... Be sensible." Cyclones are common in Australia's northwest and far northeast, it is rare that they hit so far ...

"We're forecasting very heavy rain and, in the event of that, evacuation routes may be closed." Cyclone Alfred was just 110 miles east of Brisbane at 1.30pm GMT. The Australian government has ...

Coastal areas in Western Australia's north could be impacted by wet and windy weather over the weekend, with a tropical ...

Torrential rain from the remnants of Cyclone Alfred flooded swathes of Australia's east coast on Monday ... Nevertheless, all but one of the evacuation notices in the state had been lifted, he said.

Communities across the Australian state of Queensland are bracing ... Alfred was the most southerly cyclone to threaten the region since Tropical Cyclone Zoe in 1974. Earlier in the year ...

Giant sandbags are laid out by an excavator near the Pumicestone Passage, near Caloundra, Australia ... A cyclone refuge center would be established at Brisbane’s show grounds for people who had ...

People living on Australia's East Coast are preparing for a rare tropical cyclone to hit - the first in the area for more than 50 years. Cyclone Alfred, a category 2 cyclone, is due to make ...

The outer fringe of a tropical cyclone started whipping eastern Australia on Thursday, bringing drenching rains and record-breaking waves to a heavily populated region rarely hit by typhoons. Tropical ...

SYDNEY, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Authorities have warned that a tropical cyclone is likely to cross the northern coast of Western Australia (WA) within 24 hours, bringing heavy rainfall and possible ...

Residents are stacking sandbags to protect their properties ahead of a tropical cyclone forecast to become the first in 51 years to hit the Australian ... during the storm. Evacuation centres ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Residents were stacking sandbags to protect low-lying properties Wednesday ahead of a tropical cyclone forecast ... during the storm. Evacuation centers for longer ...