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Brisbane and Eastern Australia Braces for Powerful Cyclone Alfred
The slow-moving tropical storm, named Alfred, is on track to bring dangerous winds and flooding along the coast of Queensland and New South Wales, including Brisbane.
Brisbane, Australia, Braces for Powerful Cyclone
The tropical storm, named Alfred, is on track to bring dangerous winds and flooding along the coast of southeastern Queensland, including the country’s third-largest city.
Tropical Cyclone Zelia Makes Landfall in Northwest Australia
The storm’s winds equaled those of a Category 4 hurricane, and residents were told to stay indoors to shelter from destructive winds and flooding.
Tropical Cyclone Zelia Heads Toward Australia’s Pilbara
The storm is expected to make landfall late Friday, with wind gusts of up to 180 miles per hour. A port crucial to the global economy has shut down.
Storm Eowyn Leaves a Third of Ireland Without Power
The storm brought 100 mile-per-hour winds to the island and also battered Scotland and northern England. Britain’s weather office issued a red warning, its highest level of alert.
Congressional Leaders Unveil Short-Term Spending Bill Tied to Disaster Aid
What started out as a simple stopgap measure to avert a shutdown for a few months became a magnet for more than $100 billion in emergency disaster and farm aid, plus a host of unrelated policy measures.
France Rushes Aid to Mayotte, ‘Devastated’ by Cyclone
Hundreds are feared dead after the storm razed entire neighborhoods in Mayotte, a series of islands off the eastern coast of Africa, before unleashing its destructive force on Mozambique.
France Rushes Aid to Mayotte, Island Territory ‘Devastated’ by Cyclone
Hundreds are feared dead after the storm razed entire neighborhoods in Mayotte, a series of islands off the eastern coast of Africa.
At Least 11 Dead in Mayotte After Tropical Cyclone Chido Strikes
The prefect of Mayotte said the death toll could climb. The storm, the equivalent of a Category 3, made landfall in Mozambique on Sunday.