Cyclone Yasi hits Australia’s eastern coast late Wednesday. It is described as the most powerful storm in a generation on the continent. See full story. Sugar at 30-year high as cyclone hits ...

Boats and yachts are piled together at Port Hinchinbrook near Cardwell, Australia, on Feb. 4, after cyclone Yasi brought heavy rain and howling winds gusting to 186 m.p.h. The storm was among the ...

On Thursday, Cyclone Yasi, a Category 5 cyclone the size of Italy, ripped its way through coastal towns in northeast Australia in early dawn. ... (See pictures of the Queensland floods.) ...