Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The formerly named Tropical Cyclone Alfred was expected to become the first cyclone to cross the Australian coast near the ...

BRISBANE, Australia — Early wind and rain from a rare tropical cyclone began lashing part of eastern Australia on Thursday as schools were closed, public transport was stopped and desperate residents ...

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Part of Australia’s east coast was lashed by wind and rain early Saturday ahead of its first tropical cyclone in 51 years as residents were ordered to evacuate flood-prone ...

Alfred is expected to become the first cyclone to cross the coast near Brisbane since Cyclone Zoe hit Gold Coast in 1974 and brought widespread flooding. Cyclones are common in Queensland's tropical ...

Tropical Cyclone Alfred is approaching Australia’s east coast and could hit land in about a day. Ahead of the expected impact on one of the continent’s most populated and well-known stretches of ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — Residents were stacking sandbags to protect low-lying properties Wednesday ahead of a tropical cyclone forecast to become the first in 51 years to hit the Australian east coast ...

Residents have been urged to prepare and ‘stay on their guard’, as both the AFL and NRL have been forced to call off this ...

Australia’s east coast is bracing for abnormally high tidal surges, intense rainfall, damaging winds and life-threatening flooding, as a cyclone is forecast to make landfall near the country’s ...