Schools are closed and public transport has stopped as rare cyclone approaches Australian coast
Early wind and rain from a rare tropical cyclone began lashing part of eastern Australia on Thursday as schools were closed, ...
Residents prepare for the first cyclone in 51 years to hit the Australian coast near Brisbane
Residents are stacking sandbags to protect low-lying properties ahead of a tropical cyclone that is forecast to become the ...
Rare cyclone threatens millions on Australia’s east coast
Millions of residents along Australia’s eastern coast are preparing for the impact of the most southerly cyclone to threaten ...
Biggest wave recorded at 12.3 metres off Gold Coast as Cyclone Alfred moves south
A massive 12.34-metre wave was recorded off Main Beach on the Gold Coast overnight as Tropical Cyclone Alfred's path began to ...
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Cyclone Alfred: brokers in Brisbane and the Gold Coast prepare
Cyclone Alfred is bearing down on Queensland and NSW and expected to make landfall today or Friday. Many thousands of ...
Cyclone Alfred: Rapper Ice Cube stuck in Gold Coast hotel room as unprecedented storm hits Australia
Ice Cube is hunkering down in a Gold Coast hotel during Cyclone Alfred. Photo / The Project The tropical cyclone has been described as the region’s worst in 70 years and is expected to make landfall ...
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TROPICAL CYCLONE FORECAST TRACK MAP
Location: within 35 kilometres of 28.0 degrees South, 158.2 degrees East , 510 kilometres east of Brisbane and 480 kilometres east of Gold Coast . Movement: west at 12 kilometres per hour . Tropical ...
Cyclone Alfred is slowing down – and that could make it more destructive. Here’s how climate change might have influenced it
The fact that Alfred is set to make landfall is very unusual. But we can’t yet definitively say this is due to climate change. Cyclones are steered by winds and weather patterns, and the Coral Sea’s ...