Weather Phenomena

With already nine tropical cyclones developing since December, and one potentially forming this week, Australia's busiest cyclone season in 19 years could be on the cards.

Temperatures in Sydney have dropped significantly after a cold front swept through just after midnight on Monday.

A blast of hot northerly winds from Australia's interior will send temperatures up to 15 degrees Celsius above average across south-east states this weekend.

The NSW SES has wound down its response to Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred as waters recede around urban centre, while recovery efforts in regions and on farmland are in full swing.

Homes and businesses flooded as the WA city of Albany received its highest rain total since records began in 1887.

The South Australian was turning off a light and heading to bed when lightning struck her house and sent a bolt through her arm.

While many Northern Rivers communities move into recovery from ex-tropical Cyclone Alfred, towns like Coraki and Lismore are still handling floodwaters.

All emergency warnings in Queensland have been downgraded as the clean-up continues after ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred.

Rising flood waters have forced thousands to evacuate areas of northern New South Wales as ex-Cyclone Alfred bears down on the state.

Craig Huf, a cattle farmer from Burringbar, has moved his stock to higher ground as rivers already near capacity.

Federal Labor MP Justine Elliot is at an evacuation centre in her electorate of Richmond – a Northern NSW community in the path of Cyclone Alfred.

Yetta Gurtner from the Centre for Disaster Studies at James Cook University, shares tips for cyclone preparation, from which room in your house is the safest to how much nonperishable food you’ll need.

Cyclones can be unpredictable, but the prolonged arrival of Alfred has some important implications for the potential impact when it does cross the coast. 

Local captures huge swells and whitewash on Gold Coast Main Beach.

Schools and businesses in Western Australia's Pilbara are still recovering from the destruction of Tropical Cyclone Zelia.

As south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales prepare for Tropical Cyclone Alfred to cross the coast, an Australian researcher explains what makes this system so unusual.

The Bureau of Meteorology is predicting Cyclone Alfred to cross the coast early Friday morning, most likely between Maroochydore and Coolangatta. Take a look back at how the day's events unfolded.

As record-breaking snowfall is recorded in Japan's main island of Hokkaido, the country fights its worst wildfire in decades in the north-east.

Tropical Cyclone Alfred changes track towards the mainland, with damaging winds and heavy rainfall expected to be felt from tomorrow. Here's how Tuesday unfolded.

Tropical Cyclone Alfred is expected to make landfall this week, with authorities warning it could impact heavily populated areas across hundreds of kilometres of coastline.