Cattle stations, communities and roadhouses in the state's north are starting a major clean-up in the wake of cyclone Lua.

Forecasters say a tropical low in the southern Gulf of Carpentaria in Queensland will become a cyclone sometime overnight.

Cyclone Lua has hammered WA's northwest, but no injuries have been reported.

Roads have been closed and flights cancelled as a category three cyclone approaches Western Australia's Pilbara coast.

PERTH (Reuters) - Australia's Port Hedland, one of the world's largest export terminals for iron ore, is preparing to shut down ahead of Tropical Cyclone Lua, a port official said on Thursday.

The weather bureau has cancelled its cyclone warning for parts of the western Top End in the Northern Territory and Western Australia but warns of the prospect of more torrential rain.

The Northern Territory's Top End is bracing for a possible cyclone this morning.

[IRIN] Antananarivo - Less than two weeks after being battered by Cyclone Giovanna, another violent storm has swept ...

February 2012 Global Weather Extremes SummaryFebruary was notable weather-wise for the extreme cold wave and snow that affected a large part of Europe, excessive rains and flooding in Australia, two strong tropical storms that caused flooding and fatal...

050300Z POSITION NEAR 29.7S 34.7E.TROPICAL CYCLONE (TC) 14S, (IRINA), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 230 NM SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE, HAS TRACKED SOUTHWARD AT 10 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. ANIMATED INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS TC 14S BECOMI...

Tropical Cyclone Irina (14S), located approximately 90 nm east-southeast of Maputo, Mozambique, has tracked southwestward at 06 knots over the past six hours. Maximum significant wave height is 18 feet. Animated infrared satellite imagery shows that TC 14S is regenerating deep convection and turning back into the Mozambique Channel. Despite ...

(Click on images for larger view.)031500Z POSITION NEAR 25.7S 35.0E.TROPICAL CYCLONE (TC) 14S (IRINA), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 150 NM EAST OF MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE, HAS TRACKED WESTWARD AT 13 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. ANIMATED MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE I...

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[IFRC] Quelimane - Following the cyclone and floods that ravaged Quelimane town and its outskirts, health officials have ...

The new owner of a cyclone-damaged resort on Dunk Island, off far north Queensland, says it could be many months before construction begins on a new resort.

[IRIN] Brickaville - In a cyclone-prone country like Madagascar, which feels the force of about 60 percent of ...

[Nation] Antananarivo - A powerful cyclone that hit the Madagascar is again threatening to touch down, just days ...

Hierdie is foto's wat die oggend vroeg geneem is na die storm, die storm was van 12 uur tot 4 uur in die oggend. Die storm wat toe ook nie so erg soos wat voorspel is nie, maar in daardie oggendure het die wind besonders sterk gewaai vir my - ...

[UN News] The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) voiced concern today that waterborne diseases may soon spread ...

[AIM] Maputo - Cyclone Giovanna, contrary to earlier forecasts, is now heading away from the Mozambican coast, and ...

[IPS] Maputo - Over 100,000 people in Mozambique are still recovering from losing their homes and crops, and ...

Cyclone Giovanna made landfall on February 13th at 20h00 local time. The cyclone is classified as a category 4, with winds of up to 194km (120mph) ripping up trees and electricity pylons. Official reports stated that there are at least 10 casualties as of now. The two ...

Antananarivo - Sixteen people were killed this week when a category four cyclone lashed Madagascar's eastern shores, rescue authorities said on Wednesday. Sixty-five people were injured and about 11 000 people left homeless after Cyclone Giovanna pumm...

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Madagascar should put politics aside in dealing with the destruction caused by cyclone Giovanna, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) said on Wednesday. “SADC's clarion call at this point is that the interim government, all politica...

At least five people have died and 10 are missing after cyclone Giovanna struck Madagascar, National Disaster Management Officials say.

Images: NOAA18 (Nic Cronje, Nelspruit) Click on images for larger view.

. Cyclone Giovanna hit Madagascar, pounding the Indian Ocean island with strong winds and heavy rain and killing at least one person. Antananarivo - Officials in Madagascar say a cyclone that hit the Indian Ocean island left three people dead. Cyclo...

Cyclone Giovanna has hit Madagascar, pounding the Indian Ocean island with strong winds and heavy rain and killing at least one person.

[AIM] Maputo - Another cyclone is heading for the Mozambican coast and could hit Inhambane province on Saturday.