Millions of residents along Australia’s eastern coast are preparing for the impact of the most southerly cyclone to threaten the region in more than five decades. Tropical Cyclone Alfred, with strength the equivalent of a category 1 Atlantic hurricane,

A rare tropical cyclone veered toward Australia's densely populated eastern coast on Wednesday, sparking emergency warnings, closing hundreds of schools and threatening to flood thousands of homes. Tropical Cyclone Alfred would strike near the city of Brisbane in northeastern Queensland state on Friday morning,

Residents are stacking sandbags to protect low-lying properties ahead of a tropical cyclone that is forecast to become the first in 51 years to hit the Australian east coast near Brisbane, the nation’