Australia is prone to drought partly because of its geography ... of intense dryness. Map: Rainfall deciles for the World War II drought (1937 to 1945). Conditions deteriorated in 1937 over New South ...

This is the sting in Alfred’s tail. These storms are drawing down very warm, moist air from the Coral Sea in the north. If ...

The aftermath of Cyclone Alfred's powerful storm surges, as captured by drones, show just how much sand has been swallowed up by the ocean. How long will this erosion last?

March 9 (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of people in Australia's Queensland state were without power on Sunday after Alfred, a downgraded tropical cyclone, brought damaging winds and heavy rains ...

Around 2,000 Olympic swimming pools worth of sand is estimated to be gone – 80% of Gold Coast’s beaches, according to city ...

It’s that upper ridge that will change the direction of the cyclone and see it head west, towards the Queensland coast,” Wong says. Queensland Premier David Crisafulli told residents on Monday ...

Queensland Premier David Crisafulli has outlined how schools, public transport and supermarkets will be impacted this week in the wake of ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred. "As the system continues to ...

Authorities will bring sand to tourist hotspots, but the affected stretches will take months to recover. Environmental ...

After a wet and wild night, residents of southeast Queensland and northeast New South Wales are assessing the damage wrought by Cyclone Alfred, which ...

Queensland's bay islands act as a natural buffer protecting the mainland from severe storm surges, and helped save Brisbane ...

Naomi Wilkinson and her young helpers find out about the salt water areas of the Earth - identifying the five oceans; discovering the key characteristics of fish and other marine animals ...