Rain has hammered Australia’s east coast for weeks. Credit: Nearmap At any one time, Earth's atmosphere holds only about a week's worth of rain.

Millions of residents along Australia’s eastern coast are bracing for the arrival of a very slow-moving storm, the most southerly tropical cyclone to threaten the region in more than 50 years.

Tropical Cyclone Jasper crossed Australia’s northeast coast on Wednesday as a category 2 storm that lashed the sparsely populated region with winds of up to 87 mph.

Forget the headlines and hyperbole of the fictitious "rain bomb" — the real weather bomb is possible along Australia's east coast next week.

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia braced for a rare east coast tropical cyclone that is swirling towards Brisbane, its third-most populous city, with authorities urging residents in flood-prone suburbs ...