MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — 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 ...

If you’re in southeast Queensland, brace yourself. Category 2 cyclones produce winds at levels considered damaging at best, destructive at worst – typically gusting as high as 164 kilometres per hour.

Acting Gold Coast Mayor Donna Gates said residents still had time to prepare for the category 2 cyclone, but that would soon change and the city could face the worst when Alfred makes landfall late ...

Cyclone Alfred struck the east coast of Australia late Friday, unleashing strong winds, rough surf and dangerous rip currents along popular beaches over the weekend. An estimated 10 to 15 inches fell ...