What does the weather term mean, how do the storms form and why are they so dangerous?

Category four system strikes Far North Queensland coast as insurers mobilise disaster response teams and cyclone reinsurance pool activated

Horacio is spinning in the remote South Indian Ocean. It's a reminder that the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season is only three months away.

Rio Tinto Group shut two bauxite mines as tropical cyclone Narelle struck Australia’s Northern Queensland coast on Friday morning, lashing the region […]

Australian insurers and government agencies are preparing for an extended period of severe weather as Tropical Cyclone Narelle intensifies off the Queensland coast and moves toward Cape York, with forecasters warning it could be the most significant system in decades for some communities.

It may still be 75 days until the start of the Atlantic hurricane season, but cyclone season has been well underway down under--having started Nov. 1, 2025. Australia's Bureau of Meteorology is warning of a major Category 4 cyclone,