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Cyclone Niran intensifies in North Queensland
Category one Cyclone Niran, packing winds up to 85km/h, is slowly moving away from the north Queensland coast, but it’s set to intensify and return.
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Science & Environment
The science behind Cyclone Debbie
The category 4 cyclone – the fifth storm of this year’s season, and the strongest so far – buffeted the Queensland coast across a wide area centred on Airlie Beach.
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Amazing footage of Cyclone Debbie from space
Cameras aboard NASA’s International Space Station captured this dramatic view of Cyclone Debbie as it intensified over the Coral Sea.
Science & Environment
How will Cyclone Debbie compare to Australia’s worst cyclones in history?
The real impact of a cyclone depends on more than just its category, with important factors including its size, tides and the region it hits. Here are some of the most destructive cyclones in Australia’s history.
Science & Environment
More tropical cyclones likely for Australia this year: here’s why
Australia is facing an above-average cyclone season, with at least 11 cyclones likely in the region.
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‘Super Typhoon’ Earth’s biggest storm in three years
At its peak, Typhoon Meranti reached wind gusts of 370km per hour, causing extensive damage and taking at least two lives.
Science & Environment
How to cyclone-proof your house
Breezy with a sturdy core – that’s the trick to houses that can withstand cyclone-force winds.
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Triple Category 4 hurricanes set new record
For the first time ever, three Category 4 storms have formed at the same time in the Pacific
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Cyclone Pam one of the worst-ever Pacific disasters
Vanuatu is facing the worst natural disaster in the Pacific in recent memory, in the wake of Category 5 Cyclone Pam
History & Culture
Cyclone Tracy: Images of Christmas Day, 40 years ago
It wasn’t until the dark of midnight, on Christmas Day, 25 December 1974, that Cyclone Tracy really began to make an impact.