Storm Archive

A catastrophic east coast low dumped record rainfall on the Illawarra escarpment, triggering widespread flooding, landslides and debris f…

An extended La Niña period produced exceptional rainfall across the Murray–Darling Basin, triggering the most widespread Murray River flo…

A monsoonal rainfall event delivered catastrophic flooding to Townsville over 10 days, with almost a year's worth of rain falling in unde…

The 2010–11 Queensland floods were one of the worst natural disasters in Australian history, inundating an area larger than France and Ge…

The 2022 eastern Australia floods caused catastrophic and record-breaking inundation across Queensland and New South Wales. Lismore was c…

The 1974 Brisbane floods were the most severe to strike the Queensland capital in the 20th century, inundating approximately 13,000 homes…

The 1955 Hunter Valley floods were among the most destructive in NSW history, devastating Maitland and surrounding communities after exce…

The 2010 Victorian floods inundated large areas of northern and central Victoria as La Niña conditions delivered exceptional rainfall acr…

Ex-Tropical Cyclone Oswald delivered catastrophic rainfall across central Queensland, triggering record flooding on the Burnett River at …

Ex-Tropical Cyclone Les triggered catastrophic flooding on the Katherine River, inundating 75% of the town of Katherine under up to 2 met…

Catastrophic flooding struck the NSW central west in November 2022, with the Lachlan River at Forbes peaking at its highest level in over…

Ex-Tropical Cyclone Ellie and subsequent rainfall events caused catastrophic flooding on the Fitzroy River, with the crossing at Fitzroy …

Tropical Cyclone Winston formed in Australia's area of meteorological responsibility and became the most intense tropical cyclone ever re…

Tropical Cyclone Gwenda holds the record for the lowest central pressure ever recorded for an Australian region tropical cyclone, reachin…

Tropical Cyclone Jasper made landfall north of Cairns and, despite its relatively modest wind intensity, produced catastrophic and histor…

Tropical Cyclone Tracy devastated Darwin on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day 1974, destroying approximately 70% of the city's buildings. W…

Tropical Cyclone Mahina struck Bathurst Bay on Cape York Peninsula and produced the highest storm surge ever recorded globally — estimate…

Tropical Cyclone Yasi was one of the most powerful cyclones to strike Australia in recorded history, making landfall near Mission Beach a…

Tropical Cyclone Larry made a direct hit on the town of Innisfail as a Category 5 cyclone, destroying a significant proportion of the tow…

Tropical Cyclone Debbie made landfall near Airlie Beach as an intense Category 4 cyclone, causing catastrophic damage to the Whitsundays …

Tropical Cyclone Olivia produced the highest non-tornadic wind gust ever recorded on Earth — 408 km/h on Barrow Island on 10 April 1996. …

Tropical Cyclone Vance struck Exmouth as Australia's most intense landfalling cyclone on record at the time, with wind gusts reaching 267…

Tropical Cyclone Marcia rapidly intensified to Category 5 before making landfall near Yeppoon on the Capricorn Coast, becoming one of the…

Tropical Cyclone Monica intensified to one of the most powerful tropical cyclones ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere, reaching esti…

Tropical Cyclone Ingrid was a rare and exceptionally long-lived Category 5 cyclone that made three separate landfalls across northern Aus…

Tropical Cyclone Orson was one of the most intense tropical cyclones ever to affect Western Australia, striking the Pilbara coast with de…

Tropical Cyclone Alby was an exceptionally rare event — a tropical cyclone that made landfall near Geraldton and tracked southward to aff…

Tropical Cyclone Ada devastated the Whitsunday Islands and surrounding coast in January 1970. The storm sank numerous vessels in the Whit…

Tropical Cyclone Rosita crossed the WA coast near Broome as an intense Category 5 system, producing destructive winds that severely damag…

Tropical Cyclone Thelma made a direct hit on Darwin, the first cyclone to directly strike the city since the devastating Cyclone Tracy in…

Tropical Cyclone Lua crossed the Pilbara coast as a powerful Category 5 system, making landfall near Pardoo Station north of Port Hedland…

Tropical Cyclone Veronica was an exceptionally intense and slow-moving Category 4 cyclone that hovered near the Pilbara coast for over 24…

Tropical Cyclone Seroja made landfall near Kalbarri as the most significant cyclone to impact WA's mid-west coast in decades. The town of…

Tropical Cyclone Ilsa crossed the Pilbara coast north of Port Hedland as an intense Category 5 system — the strongest cyclone to make lan…

Tropical Cyclone Zoe tracked through Australia's meteorological area of responsibility and struck Tikopia Island in the Solomon Islands a…

Tropical Cyclone Hamish was the most intense tropical cyclone to track along the Queensland coast in recorded history, paralleling the co…

A record-breaking supercell thunderstorm produced the largest hailstones ever recorded in Queensland, with stones up to 14cm in diameter …

An intense thunderstorm unleashed catastrophic rainfall on Toowoomba, triggering a devastating flash flood that swept through the city's …

A violent thunderstorm struck Darwin producing exceptional wind gusts that caused widespread damage across the city. The storm uprooted t…

A violent supercell thunderstorm struck Brisbane during peak hour, generating massive hailstones that shattered windows across the CBD an…

One of the most damaging hailstorms ever to strike Canberra, the event produced large hailstones that damaged thousands of homes and vehi…

A powerful supercell thunderstorm struck Melbourne's northern and eastern suburbs producing giant hail and destructive winds. The storm c…

A rare and deadly thunderstorm asthma event struck Melbourne during a severe thunderstorm, triggering a catastrophic respiratory health e…

An exceptionally severe storm system swept through NSW causing widespread devastation. Strong winds, large hail and torrential rain cause…

A catastrophic severe weather event struck South Australia, producing extreme wind gusts that toppled transmission towers and caused a st…

A powerful supercell thunderstorm swept across Sydney producing hailstones up to 9cm in diameter. The storm caused unprecedented damage t…

Tropical Cyclone Tracy made landfall at Darwin on Christmas Day 1974, devastating the city. With winds exceeding 217 km/h, it destroyed a…

Tropical Cyclone Yasi made landfall near Mission Beach on 3 February 2011 as a Category 5 system. It was one of the most powerful cyclone…

TC Debbie made landfall near Airlie Beach on 28 March 2017 as a Category 4, causing catastrophic damage to the Whitsundays. Its remnants …

TC Marcia rapidly intensified to Category 5 before making landfall near Shoalwater Bay on 20 February 2015. It was the strongest landfall…

TC Seroja made an unusually southerly landfall near Kalbarri on 11 April 2021 — the furthest south a named tropical cyclone has made land…

TC Larry made landfall near Innisfail on 20 March 2006 as a Category 4, devastating the banana and sugar cane industries of Far North Que…

TC Vance crossed the WA coast near Exmouth on 22 March 1999 as a Category 5, producing the highest wind gust ever officially recorded in …

The April 1999 Sydney hailstorm remains Australia's costliest insured natural disaster. Golf-ball to baseball-sized hailstones caused cat…

A powerful supercell thunderstorm struck Brisbane on 27 November 2014, producing large hail and severe wind damage across the inner city,…

Extreme fire conditions combined with pyroconvective activity on 18 January 2003 generated a firestorm that destroyed 500 homes in Canber…

A prolonged sequence of severe thunderstorm outbreaks during late 2022 produced large hail, flash flooding and destructive winds repeated…

The 2010–11 Queensland floods inundated 75% of the state, including catastrophic flash flooding through Toowoomba and the Lockyer Valley …

Ex-TC Seth and a slow-moving trough caused catastrophic flooding across the Northern Rivers in late February 2022. Lismore recorded its h…

Exceptional rainfall over the Mary River catchment triggered major flooding at Gympie, with the river reaching its highest level in many …

A major flood event struck the mid-north coast of NSW in May 1996, devastating Kempsey and Nambucca Heads. The Macleay River reached near…

Prolonged heavy rainfall over the Blue Mountains and greater Sydney region triggered major flooding across the Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley i…

An exceptionally intense rainfall event over the Gascoyne catchment triggered major flooding along the Gascoyne River, devastating Carnar…

Severe flooding struck the Warrego River system in southwest Queensland, devastating the towns of Charleville and Cunnamulla. Floodwaters…

Tropical Cyclone Anthony made landfall near Bowen just days before the far more powerful Cyclone Yasi struck further north. Anthony cause…

Tropical Cyclone Nathan was a long-lived and erratic Category 4 cyclone that threatened far north Queensland on multiple occasions due to…

Tropical Cyclone Hilda was unusual in forming in the Gulf of Carpentaria in late September, very early in the cyclone season. The storm c…

Tropical Cyclone Sam made landfall near Bidyadanga (La Grange) south of Broome on the Kimberley coast, causing damage to the remote Indig…

Tropical Cyclone Inigo intensified to Category 5 before making landfall on the WA coast south of Exmouth. Despite its extreme intensity o…

Tropical Cyclone George (not to be confused with the 2007 storm of the same name) struck the Gascoyne coast near Carnarvon as a powerful …

Tropical Cyclone Agnes made landfall near Broome causing damage to the pearling town and surrounding region. The storm brought heavy rain…

Tropical Cyclone George made landfall near Port Hedland, causing significant damage to the Pilbara coast. The storm killed three people a…

Tropical Cyclone Tasha made landfall near Cairns on Christmas Day as a weak Category 1 system, but contributed significant rainfall to th…

Tropical Cyclone Bobby made landfall near Onslow on the Pilbara coast and caused significant damage to the town and surrounding pastoral …

Tropical Cyclone Joan struck the Kimberley coast near Broome as a powerful Category 4 system, causing significant damage to the town and …

Tropical Cyclone Chris made landfall near Onslow on the Pilbara coast as a Category 4 system, causing significant damage to the town and …

Tropical Cyclone Justin was an exceptionally long-lived and erratic cyclone that meandered in the Coral Sea for nearly two weeks, repeate…

Tropical Cyclone Quentin made landfall on the North West Cape near Exmouth, causing wind and storm surge damage to the peninsula. The cyc…

Tropical Cyclone Rusty made landfall near Port Hedland as a Category 4 system, forcing the closure of the world's largest iron ore export…

Tropical Cyclone Christine crossed the Pilbara coast near Port Hedland on New Year's Eve, disrupting celebrations and causing significant…

Tropical Cyclone Olwyn struck the Gascoyne coast near Carnarvon as a powerful Category 3 system, causing significant damage to the town a…

Tropical Cyclone Ellie made landfall near the Daly River mouth in the NT, causing flooding across the Darwin hinterland and Victoria Rive…

Tropical Cyclone Billy made landfall near Broome on the Kimberley coast just before Christmas, causing wind damage and heavy rainfall acr…

A significant severe thunderstorm outbreak produced multiple confirmed tornadoes across northern Victoria, causing damage to farms, homes…

A severe thunderstorm struck Sydney in the lead-up to Christmas, producing large hail and strong winds that damaged thousands of properti…

A severe thunderstorm struck the Kalgoorlie-Boulder region producing destructive winds and large hail. The event caused significant damag…

A powerful supercell thunderstorm swept across central Queensland producing giant hailstones and destructive winds. Significant damage wa…

A severe thunderstorm system swept through Melbourne and eastern Victoria producing damaging winds, large hail and intense rainfall. Flas…

A severe thunderstorm struck the Gold Coast producing large hail and destructive winds that damaged homes and vehicles across the region.…

A severe thunderstorm impacted the South East Queensland region producing large hail, damaging winds and intense rainfall. The event caus…

A severe thunderstorm struck Sydney's western suburbs and the Blue Mountains, producing hail, damaging winds and intense rainfall. Flash …

A severe thunderstorm outbreak impacted Newcastle and the Hunter Valley on New Year's Day, producing large hail and intense rainfall that…

A severe thunderstorm moved across Perth producing damaging winds, hail and intense rainfall that caused widespread flash flooding across…

A severe hailstorm struck Canberra and the border town of Queanbeyan on Christmas Eve, causing major damage to thousands of homes and veh…

A severe thunderstorm outbreak produced damaging winds, giant hail and possible tornado touchdowns across South East Queensland. Multiple…

TC Olwyn crossed the WA coast near Exmouth on 13 March 2015, producing destructive winds and heavy rainfall across the Gascoyne region.

A severe squall line swept through Melbourne on 6 March 2010, producing destructive straight-line winds that downed thousands of trees, l…

Prolonged flooding across northern and central Victoria throughout 2011 inundated towns including Horsham, Kerang and Swan Hill, causing …

The August 1949 Kempsey flood on the Macleay River remains one of the most severe floods in NSW history, inundating the town to unprecede…

The fourth major flood to affect the Hawkesbury-Nepean valley in 18 months reached its peak in July 2022, again inundating Windsor, North…