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Tropical Cyclone Narelle is barrelling towards Australia

Communities across northern Australia are bracing for the destructive force of winds, rain and storm surges from Tropical ...

‘Damage will be widespread’: Tropical Cyclone Narelle brings 295km/h wind gusts, with tourists evacuated and schools closed

Massive storm tracking a path to Queensland coast, which intensified offshore Thursday morning to category 5, fuelled by warm waters in Coral Sea ...

Severe tropical cyclone Narelle expected to cross the Far North Queensland coast

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‘It sounded like a washing machine’: Remembering the night Cyclone Yasi hit Queensland

I was a journalist in Cairns at the time and was sent south to cover the preparations for Yasi before bunkering down for the aftermath. We had motels booked from Innisfail to Ingham. A photographer ...
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Biggest cyclone 'in living memory' set to impact coast

Tropical Cyclone Narelle is barrelling toward northern Australia and could impact the coast as a category five system, inflicting winds up to more than 250km/h.

From Willis to Jasper: A history of the cyclones that have defined the Far North

Cairns has endured cyclones since the city’s founding 150 years ago, very natural and commonly used. turning devastation into an art of rebuilding and shaping the city’s remarkable resilience.

'Life is a miracle,' but learning from disasters isn't: Lessons from Japan's 2011 earthquake and tsunami

In April 2012, a Harley-Davidson motorcycle was found on Graham Island in the Haida Gwaii archipelago off the coast of British Columbia. It belonged to Ikuo Yokoyama, a survivor of the earthquake and ...