Extremely heavy rain floods Queensland, Australia

Extremely heavy rain floods Queensland, Australia

Ex-Tropical Cyclone "Nora" dumped extremely heavy rain on parts of Queensland over the past 24 – 48 hours, causing major floods and emergency evacuations. Many locations exceeded or even doubled their March average rainfall. Exceptional rainfall totals…

Tropical Cyclone “Nora” hits Queensland’s Cape York Peninsula

Tropical Cyclone “Nora” hits Queensland’s Cape York Peninsula

Tropical Cyclone "Nora" slammed into Queensland's Cape York Peninsula as a Severe Tropical Cyclone at 11:55 UTC (23:25 local time) on Saturday, March 24, 2018. BOM forecasters said heavy rain and possible flash flooding could continue across Cape York,…

Tropical Cyclone “Nora” forms near Northern Territory, Australia

Tropical Cyclone “Nora” forms near Northern Territory, Australia

Tropical Cyclone "Nora" formed in the Arafura Sea, Australian Northern Territory, on March 22, 2018 and is expected to intensify into a severe system over the weekend. This is the 9th cyclone of the 2017/18 Australian region tropical cyclone season….