Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The history of hurricanes and tropical cyclones includes several close calls. On Dec. 15, 1999, 26 years ago today, Tropical ...

Tropical Cyclone Fina has left swathes of northern Australia without electricity after tearing past Darwin with destructive winds, while a separate violent storm system smashed the South Australian ...

Cyclones Get Names But Deadly Heatwaves Don't. Should Australia Personalise Severe Weather?. Australia's climate is changing ...

Ex-Tropical Cyclone Koji made landfall in north Queensland as a tropical low, bringing heavy rain and damaging winds.

In Australia, the only severe weather events that receive formal names are tropical cyclones. Could there be benefits to naming all of our extreme weather?

The history of hurricanes and tropical cyclones includes several close calls. On Dec. 15, 1999, 26 years ago today, Tropical Cyclone John roared ashore at Category 4 intensity in western Australia's ...