Reuters

Cyclone Alfred stalls off Australia's east as millions brace for impact

SYDNEY, March 6 (Reuters) - Cyclone Alfred stalled off Australia's east coast on Thursday as officials shut airports, schools and public transport while residents stockpiled supplies and sandbagged ...
Newsday

Schools are closed and public transport has stopped as rare cyclone approaches Australian coast

BRISBANE, Australia — Early wind and rain from a rare tropical cyclone began lashing part of eastern Australia on Thursday as schools were closed, public transport was stopped and desperate residents ...
The Conversation

Cyclone Alfred is slowing – and that could make it more destructive. Here’s how climate change might have influenced it

Liz Ritchie-Tyo receives funding from The Australian Research Council and the U.S. Office of Naval Research Andrew Dowdy receives funding from University of Melbourne as well as supported through the ...
The Conversation

Cyclone Alfred is already retraumatising people who’ve lived through other disasters. I’m one of them

La Trobe University provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. In 2011, as Cyclone Yasi approached the Queensland coast, I sat in my home in the tropical far north of the state and worried ...
The New York Times

Australia Prepares for ‘Significant Impacts’ From Tropical Cyclone Alfred

Damaging winds, heavy rainfall and life-threatening floods are expected after the storm made a sudden shift toward Queensland. By Nazaneen Ghaffar Nazaneen Ghaffar is a reporter on The Times’s weather ...