SYDNEY, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Copper and zinc producers on Thursday were bearing the main brunt of Cyclone Yasi as more operations across northeastern Australia were forced to close even as the storm lost ...

SINGAPORE, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Record ocean temperatures and an intense La Nina weather pattern have helped spawn one of the most powerful cyclones in Australia but whether there's a direct climate ...

CAIRNS, Australia — Drenching rain and the threat of flash flooding hampered recovery efforts Friday following one of Australia’s most damaging cyclones, as authorities confirmed the first death from ...

Emergency workers wheel a patient from a local hospital to a waiting evacuation flight Tuesday in Cairns in an effort to flee from the path of a monster storm bearing down on northeastern Australia.

NASA’s Aqua satellite captured visible and infrared imagery of powerful Cyclone Yasi as it was making landfall in Queensland. The center of the monster cyclone Yasi made landfall on Australia’s ...

Cyclones are the Antipodean equivalent of the Hurricane (or Asian 'Typhoon'). Cyclone Yasi was rated Catagory 3 yesterday, with an expectation of reaching category 4. Today it was upgraded to 'low ...

Cyclone Debbie has been forming off the coast of Queensland state over recent days, the Bureau of Meteorology said, and is expected to hit land after daybreak Tuesday morning. Residents are being ...

NASA image acquired Feb. 1, 2011. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center enables NASA’s mission through four scientific endeavors: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System Exploration, and Astrophysics.

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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A tropical cyclone nearing Australia is forecast to be the most powerful storm in 12 years to hit the country, bringing wind gusts of up to 315 kilometers (196 miles) per ...