Southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales were last hit by a cyclone in 1974. The last time a cyclone threatened to hit Brisbane was in 1990, but it narrowly missed the city.

Residents are stacking sandbags to protect low-lying properties ahead of a tropical cyclone that is forecast to become the first in 51 years to hit the Australian east coast near Brisbane, the ...

Insurance companies, in coordination with the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA), are set to conduct a series of in-person ...

Tropical Cyclone Alfred is forecast to cross the coast between the Queensland state capital Brisbane and the tourist city of Gold Coast to the south late Thursday or early Friday. 26,463 people ...

Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Millions of residents along Australia’s eastern coast are preparing for the impact of the most southerly cyclone to threaten the region in more than five decades.

Cyclones are common in Queensland’s tropical north but are rare in the state’s temperate and densely populated southeast corner that borders New South Wales state. A 61-year-old man remained ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -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 ...

The Australian treasury expects costs from Tropical Cyclone Alfred to be about A$1.2 billion ($759 million), shaving off a quarter of a percentage point from its gross domestic product in the ...

Cyclone disrupts several Australian sporting events By Ian Ransom March 3, 202510:59 PM PSTUpdated March 3, 2025 ...