Exactly 50 years ago, on Christmas Eve 1974, Cyclone Tracy struck Darwin and left a trail of devastation. It remains one of the most destructive natural events in Australia's history. Wind speeds ...

SYDNEY, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Australia is considering setting up a disaster relief force to help relieve a military overstretched by regular natural disasters, the prime minister said on Tuesday, as ...

Australia is facing increased destruction from natural disasters and seeing a growing number of endemic species threatened due to the worsening climate crisis. The Australian summer, running from ...

When the hot winds hit Roebourne, as many as 16 people pile into Yindjibarndi elder Lyn Cheedy’s home – one of the few with air conditioning ...

Australia's government said on Tuesday that a warming planet threatened future crop yields, while federal spending on storm, flood and fire disasters was already soaring.

Flash floods have swamped northeastern Australia, with raging waters severing roads and flushing crocodiles into towns - Copyright COURTESY OF JONTY FRATUS/AFP ...

A lot of electric cars on the market have something called vehicle-to-load (V2L). It means power can be exported from the high-voltage battery, transforming the car into a mobile generator. In ...

Extreme weather is placing greater strain on Australia’s power grids. In 2022, the record-breaking Northern Rivers floods blacked out almost 70,000 households. A powerful storm in 2024 cut electricity ...

Lesley Hughes is a Director and Councillor with the Climate Council of Australia. She has previously received funding from the Australian Research Council. She is a member of the Wentworth Group of ...

Earlier this month, Tropical Cyclone Alfred crossed the eastern coast of Australia and moved through the country’s third largest population centre, home to nearly five million people, including ...

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Floods devastating huge areas of Australia's eastern seaboard, including the nation's third-largest city, look set to be the costliest natural disaster ever in a country known for ...