Tyne Logan

Cyclones can be unpredictable, but the prolonged arrival of Alfred has some important implications for the potential impact when it does cross the coast. 

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 long-awaited monsoon looks to officially kick in this weekend over northern Australia, helping to break up severe heatwave conditions plaguing much of the country. But the forecast rain is bad news for flood-ridden Queensland.

There was no destructive cyclone, yet a set of unfavourable ingredients caused a fairly common weather system to wreak havoc in northern Queensland this week. So what happened to make it so severe? And should we be more heightened to the risks of tropical lows? 

"Baking heat" is set to spread into Australia's south-east this weekend, while north Queensland can expect intense rainfall.

The Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting multiple cyclones could form across northern Australia by the end of the week, as tropical lows linger off the coast of north Queensland, in the Gulf of Carperntaria, and off the Kimberley in Western Australia. 

A heatwave is set to spread across more than half the country this week, as a cyclone spinning over waters to the west of Australia helps "block" the weather pattern and channel hot, dry winds into the west and east.

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