Seeing them approach can inspire feelings of wonder, caution, and fear. When captured in an image a storm can add a dramatic element to a popular location, or it can stand alone as a showcase of the forces of nature.
Over the past 48 hours the east coast of New South Wales has been battered by powerful winds and waves measuring up to 13 metres.
A Belgian photographer has captured a dramatic timelapse of a storm rolling in over Sydney Harbour in January this year.
Breezy with a sturdy core – that’s the trick to houses that can withstand cyclone-force winds.
The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a severe storm warning, including for tornadoes, destructive winds and large hailstones for parts of Sydney. Here are some of the photos being shared across social media right now.
For the first time ever, three Category 4 storms have formed at the same time in the Pacific
Vanuatu is facing the worst natural disaster in the Pacific in recent memory, in the wake of Category 5 Cyclone Pam
A storm cell rolls across the hills near Perth, Western Australia, just as the sun begins to rise – turning the thundering clouds pink and purple.
It wasn’t until the dark of midnight, on Christmas day, 25 December 1974, that Cyclone Tracy really began to make an impact. In the seven hours it took the cyclone to pass over Darwin, it destroyed roughly 70 per cent of the small capital city. In all, 71 people were killed in the chaos, 13 of them lost at sea. A bill of $500-600 million dollars also racked up ($2.5-3 billion today), as planes, cars, power lines and structures were whipped across streets, destroying buildings and infrastructure. But there were sparks of hope amid the destruction. The then-tiny town of Alice Springs raised $100,000 (~$700,000 today) with 24 hours of the tragedy.
Hurricanes with female names appear to be more deadly but more underestimated, a new study suggests