SYDNEY, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Copper and zinc producers on Thursday were bearing the main brunt of Cyclone Yasi as more operations across northeastern Australia were forced to close even as the storm lost ...

While the State's biggest cyclone in living memory was bearing down on the North in February, it appears couples were making the most of their time at home taking shelter, The Townsville Bulletin ...

CYCLONE Debbie is forecast to make landfall on Tuesday. From local school closures and evacuation maps to transport and energy changes, this is what you need to know. By 10pm Monday 118 schools had ...

DOZENS of roads are closed in the far north, while in the southwest an area about the size of Tasmania is covered by water as Queensland's big wet continues. A low 1000km northeast of Mackay is ...

Cyclone Debbie has been forming off the coast of Queensland state over recent days, the Bureau of Meteorology said, and is expected to hit land after daybreak Tuesday morning. Residents are being ...

Premier Anna Bligh said joint state and federal government-funded Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements had been activated for 19 local government areas today. They are Burdekin, Burke, ...

A man has been charged with allegedly assaulting a council contractor during the Cyclone Kirrily clean-up in North Queensland. Police alleged the 34-year-old became verbally aggressive and hit a piece ...

An alert has been declared between Mackay and Cairns as a tropical low moves in from the Coral Sea, which the weather bureau expects will turn into a cyclone on Sunday. Gale-force winds are expected ...