the Southern Hemisphere is still deep in its cyclone season. In recent days, forecasters tracked no fewer than six cyclones that formed across the Indian Ocean and South Pacific, some of which ...

The Southern Hemisphere’s tropical season is from November to April. Cyclone Rae developed north of Fiji in the south-west Pacific on 22 February before travelling southwards. It was a shorter ...

As south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales prepare for Tropical Cyclone Alfred to cross the coast, an Australian researcher explains what makes this system so unusual.

The fact that Alfred is set to make landfall is very unusual. But we can’t yet definitively say this is due to climate change ...

A typical cyclone is accompanied by thunderstorms, and in the Northern Hemisphere, a counterclockwise circulation of winds near the earth's surface (clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere).

This week's weather patterns across Australia will be influenced by a strong positive Southern Annular Mode (SAM). Here's ...