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.

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 ...

Australia ranks its tropical cyclones differently than how the U.S. measures hurricane intensity. For example, in Australia, the mean wind speed is defined over a period of 10 minutes, whereas the ...

Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the human impacts of recent disasters mattered the most to his government "but the economic cost is very significant too".

Australians may soon be paying more for a litre of milk at the shops, as dairy farmers look to rebuild following the ...