The Conversation

Cyclone Alfred is expected to hit southeast Queensland – the first in 50 years to strike so far south

If you’re in southeast Queensland, brace yourself. Category 2 cyclones produce winds at levels considered damaging at best, destructive at worst – typically gusting as high as 164 kilometres per hour.
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 ...
CNN

Rare cyclone threatens millions on Australia’s east coast

Millions of residents along Australia’s eastern coast are bracing for the arrival of a very slow-moving storm, the strongest tropical cyclone to threaten the region in more than 50 years. Tropical ...
The Conversation

Why conspiracy theories and misinformation spread in the long wait for Cyclone Alfred

Last Monday, March 3, the Bureau of Meteorology warned residents of Queensland and New South Wales that Tropical Cyclone Alfred was coming their way. The storm was expected to hit the coast on ...