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A slow-moving tropical storm has crossed Australia’s heavily populated eastern coast, lashing the region with damaging winds and heavy rain that’s forecast to fall for days to come. Cyclone ...

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The Bureau of Meteorology’s latest update on Thursday afternoon reveals the system is likely to pass through Queensland’s greater Moreton Bay area by 4am on Saturday. The modelling shows it is ...

Australia is bracing itself for a rare east coast tropical cyclone that is swirling towards Brisbane, its third-most populous city. Authorities are urging residents in flood-prone suburbs to ...

Tropical Cyclone Alfred, which spawned last week amid a rare trio of tropical cyclones in the South Pacific, is forecast to make landfall in southern Queensland near Brisbane, Australia, on Thursday.

Millions of residents along Australia’s eastern coast are bracing for the arrival of a very slow-moving storm, the strongest tropical cyclone to threaten the region in more than 50 years.

Thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate their homes in eastern Australia ahead of the arrival of a powerful storm which risks "dangerous and life-threatening flash flooding". Forecasters ...

The slow-moving tropical storm, named Alfred, is on track to bring dangerous winds and flooding along the coast of Queensland and New South Wales, including Brisbane. transcript Dangerous ...