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.

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.

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.

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

Australia ordered thousands of people in its eastern regions to evacuate before Tropical Cyclone Alfred hits land on Saturday, as the storm brought heavy rain, huge waves and strong winds that cut ...

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 ...