Exotic fruit farm de-forested by Yasi
Terrifying stories are starting to emerge from Queenslanders who were in the path of Cyclone Yasi last night. Near Tully and Mission Beach, where the eye of the cyclone crossed the coast, there are a...
View ArticleGood money for WA banana's
If there's one thing everyone remembers about Cyclone Larry in 2006, it's banana prices jumping to more than $15 a kilo. Carnarvon growers certainly remember; some received up to $150 per box. Well,...
View ArticleStations upstream of Carnarvon warn of strong waters
Carnarvon residents and plantation owners are once again worried about the rising Gascoyne River. The flood warning centre believes that if 20 to 50 millimetres of rain falls in parts of the Gascoyne...
View ArticleState cools off as erratic summer ends
Perth has experienced a range of extreme weather trends throughout the month of February in 2011.
View ArticleLocalised seasonal forecasts a farmer first
As the seasons first falls of rain start to appear in parts of the south west land division, some grain farmers are starting to make decisions about when to start seeding. The Department of Agriculture...
View ArticleStorms leave trail of destruction throughout Perth
A mini tornado hit homes in Canning Vale in Perth's south lifting roofs, flattening fences and uprooting trees.
View ArticleTropical Cyclone Heidi just another wet season in the Pilbara
There was more trepidation ahead of Tropical Cyclone Heidi than you might expect from the Pilbara.
View ArticleA cyclone brewing off WA's north west coast
A low is forming about 650 kilometres north of Exmouth.
View ArticleExtreme weather forecast for WA
Western Australia has a significant week ahead weather-wise with an expected record-breaking heatwave, possible category three cyclone and strong winds causing a fire risk.
View ArticleNew York Stock Exchange battens down for Hurricane Sandy
As New York City battens prepared for Hurricane Sandy which is bearing down, the stock exchange (NYSE) there is also taking protective measures
View ArticlePort Hedland and Karratha on red alert as Cyclone Christine tracks towards...
Port Hedland and Karratha residents are in lockdown as Cyclone Christine tracks towards WA's Pilbara.
View ArticleThe clean-up in WA's Pilbara continues after ex-Tropical Cyclone Christine...
The clean up continues in several Pilbara towns in the wake of ex-Tropical Cyclone Christine. The category three system damaged homes, uprooted trees and caused power outages to more than 7,000 homes...
View ArticleLive Stories, Volume 4
Live Stories Volume 4 - true tales from our Darwin storytelling event, 'This Territory Life'.
View ArticleMark Evans
Mark Evans is custodian of Paronella Park, home to a Spanish castle in the rainforest of North Queensland.
View ArticleRonnie Taylor
Nurse practitioner Ronnie Taylor has saved the lives of countless people.
View ArticleFamilies welcome inquest into fatalities at Pilbara mine site during Cyclone...
The families of two Pilbara workers killed during a cyclone in 2007 welcome a coronial inquest examining whether the camp they took shelter in was built to withstand those conditions.
View ArticleCyclone Tracy: Stephanie Brown speaks about losing a sister and the 40 years...
Stephanie Brown was 18 and a "normal selfish party girl" when the roof blew away in Cyclone Tracy and her sister was killed. She speaks of her 40 years of grief and post-traumatic stress.
View ArticleZoe Daniel
As the ABC's foreign correspondent in South East Asia, Zoe Daniel learned to dread the call that came in the middle of the night.
View ArticleCyclone Olwyn: Storm lashes coastal communities in WA's Mid West; downgraded...
Tropical Cyclone Olwyn continues to batter coastal communities in WA's Mid West after earlier damaging homes and crops in Carnarvon and Exmouth.
View ArticleCyclone Olwyn: Heavy rain for Perth as system vents fury on WA's Mid West
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Olwyn is expected to dump heavy rain on Perth and WA's south-west today after the weather system badly damages homes and banana crops in Carnarvon.
View ArticleNick Bennett: face to face with violence on the Black Cat Track
Nick Bennett's survived many near-death experiences, including being attacked while trekking the Black Cat Track.
View ArticleAustralia's worst cyclones since 1970
Here is a list of some of the worst cyclones to lash the Australian coast since 1970.
View ArticleWendy James' Darwin: transformed by disaster
Wendy has lived through several of Darwin's incarnations, including its destruction by WW2 and Cyclone Tracy. (R)
View ArticleKids and families can suffer from unresolved trauma after weather...
Regional families can suffer from issues around unresolved trauma after extreme weather emergencies.
View ArticleMining, oil and gas companies in full preparation mode as cyclone season looms
Mining, oil and gas companies are well into cyclone preparation mode, with the official start to the season only one month away.
View ArticleRemote control car racing challenging definition of 'sport'
The Mackay remote control car racing club was denied cyclone recovery funding because it was not considered a 'sport' by the Queensland Government.
View ArticleFrom America's hurricanes to Portugal's fires, ABC Weather looks back at...
Cyclone Debbie, record temperatures, African droughts, fires and deadly typhoons. 2017 has been a year of wild weather.
View ArticleEmergency announcements alone during disasters not reliable in saving lives
Life threatening emergencies trigger a torrent of information designed to motivate people to be aware of their own safety, but should not be relied upon solely to save lives.
View Article'Killer dirt' disease sufferer spent months battling life-threatening infection
A simple graze on his shin left Darwin resident Bob Creek battling a life-threatening bacterial infection he contracted from soil in his backyard, as disease experts warn of the growing risk of "killer...
View ArticleCyclone Kelvin blue alert issued as apocalyptic clouds bring heavy rainfall...
A stranded family of tourists are plucked from floodwaters as Broome has the first taste of a storm system expected to develop into Cyclone Kelvin but it is not expected to be as severe as first...
View ArticleBroome smashes annual rainfall record in less than two months as Cyclone...
Two tropical cyclones, flooding and another massive storm bring the annual rainfall record for the Kimberley town of Broome tumbling down and cyclone season is not over yet.
View ArticleCyclone Kelvin may have been fuelled by 'brown oceans' as it moved over...
Inland oceans created by weeks of record rain across Western Australia's Kimberley may have helped maintain or even intensify Tropical Cyclone Kelvin as it crossed over the region, the Bureau of...
View ArticleCyclone season takes toll on northern WA as yet another tropical low looms
As a major highway in WA's north reopens to provide emergency relief to towns cut off by floods and cyclones, another potentially strong tropical low pressure system could bring more severe weather as...
View ArticleTropical Cyclone Marcus is heading for Perth, but you don't need to panic
Forecasters say a maximum-strength tropical cyclone that battered Darwin is set to curve around the WA coast and is charting a course direct for Perth, but here's why there is no cause for alarm.
View ArticleCyclone damage predictions and what's wrong with the current category system
Marcus was a category two cyclone when it hit Darwin and Nora was a three when it hit the Cape. But what do these numbers mean? And are they the best way to describe cyclone damage?
View ArticleWeather 2018: This is your story, Australia
BOM has just released its official review of the weather in 2018 but what was it really like on the ground? Here is the weather through your eyes.
View ArticleCyclone Oma is not the first cyclone to threaten Brisbane
Both the 1974 and 1893 floods of Brisbane were the result of cyclones and many more have made their way that far south. Here are just a few of the cyclones that have caused chaos in the past.
View ArticleSummer 2018-19 was hottest on record, BOM says, with little relief expected...
Today the sun will set on an exceptional summer records have fallen for dry, for rain and for heat. Now, the autumn outlook is not what south-eastern farmers want to hear.
View ArticleWhy are cyclone paths so difficult to predict?
Some cyclones seem to hurtle straight into the coast while others stagger about, stalling, changing direction and even going back upon themselves. So what separates the drunks from the driven?
View ArticleHere's everything you need to know about cyclones
Cyclones are part and parcel of an Australian summer but what makes a cyclone and what are their impacts?
View ArticleCyclones Trevor and Veronica loom over northern coasts stirring up a storm of...
Isn't it late for a cyclone? Why two at once? Could they collide? And between Trevor and Veronica, what happened to U? Your questions answered.
View ArticleCyclone Vance remembered 20 years after the category five system devastated...
As Cyclone Veronica threatens to wreak havoc on the Pilbara coast, Exmouth residents look back 20 years at category five Cyclone Vance, which destroyed more than 100 homes and wiped out much of the town.
View ArticleCyclone Veronica leaves Port Hedland residents preparing for imminent impact
Vicki Irvine is due to give birth to her first child today, but like thousands of residents in Western Australia's Pilbara, she is busy getting ready for the imminent arrival of severe Tropical Cyclone...
View ArticleCyclone Veronica poses the biggest risk to the Pilbara in a decade,...
As Western Australia's Pilbara coast is being pummelled by gale-force winds and torrential rain from Cyclone Veronica, authorities warn the system poses the biggest risk to the region in a decade.
View ArticleTwin cyclones delivering heavy rain to parched outback cattle stations
Cattle stations in Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland receive significant rain thanks to not one but two cyclones.
View ArticleCyclone Veronica red alert lifted in parts of WA's Pilbara as residents...
Cyclone Veronica weakens to a category one system and heads west off WA's Pilbara region after it "pummelled" the coast for 24 hours, but Karratha is still on red alert as the threat of further...
View ArticleNew cyclone may form off WA, could hit Pilbara just weeks after Cyclone...
As the Pilbara coast recovers from severe Tropical Cyclone Veronica and the flooding it brought last week, the Bureau of Meteorology is warning of a fresh threat that could have a "significant" impact...
View ArticleCyclone Wallace forms off Western Australia's coast but Kimberley alert...
Tropical Cyclone Wallace develops off the north-west coast but no longer poses a threat to Kimberley communities as it tracks south-west.
View ArticleAustralian cyclone tracking has become far more accurate and sophisticated...
Darwin residents were preparing for Christmas when Cyclone Tracy abruptly changed course. But such a destructive scenario is unlikely to play out today thanks to vast technological improvements in...
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