Australia, Cyclone Alfred

The Australian government has estimated costs from Tropical Cyclone Alfred to be about A$1.2 billion ($759 million), shaving off a quarter of a percentage point from its gross domestic product in the ...
Rio Tinto has donated $1 million to the Australian Red Cross, a non-profit community services charity, in a bid to help ...
A man has disappeared in floodwater, people were ordered to evacuate homes as part of the Australian east coast was lashed by ...
Flooding rains will continue for days to lash a region of the Australian east coast even though it avoided its first tropical ...
A slow-moving tropical storm crossed islands off Australia’s heavily populated eastern coast late Friday, lashing coastal suburbs with destructive winds and dumping heavy rain across the region.
Tropical Cyclone Alfred, the seventh named storm in the Australian cyclone season, is expected to drive economic and insured ...
With residents across the east coast still clearing up their homes, the tales of survival and hope are slowly starting to emerge.
It speaks volumes for the strength of our civil society that most Australians, most of the time, will do the right thing.