The typhoon, named Saola, had triggered Hong Kong’s highest threat level on Friday evening – issued only 16 times since World War II – and registered winds of around 210kph at its peak.

The tropical cyclone had sustained wind speeds of 52 miles per hour. Only about a quarter of the Earth’s tropical cyclones form in the Southern Hemisphere. When these storms have sustained winds ...

Significant damage and power outages are possible in the densely populated region of Queensland, where tropical cyclones impacts are not uncommon but direct landfalls are.

Once winds continually exceed 60km/h driving is strongly discouraged and the QTA recommends these vehicles should park up ...

The tropical cyclone had sustained wind speeds of 63 miles per hour. Flash flooding can occur well inland and away from the storm’s center. Even weaker storms can produce excessive rainfall that ...

Towns in New South Wales face major flood warnings today as hundreds of thousands of people are without power. Authorities ...