Australia's far north remains on tenterhooks as a tropical low threatens to intensify into a damaging tropical cyclone as it slowly closes in on the Queensland coast.

As ex-Tropical Cyclone Koji batters North Queensland, emergency crews have carried out dramatic rescues, including two adults and five children forced onto tables by rising floodwaters.

The chance of a tropical low off the Far North Queensland coast developing into a cyclone is increasing from low to moderate by the weekend, according to the weather bureau.

A severe weather warning has been issued for a large stretch of Queensland’s north amid fears the impact of a Coral Sea tropical low could be felt sooner than expected. As forecasters keep their eye ...

A short but intense rain bomb that hit Cairns on Saturday night dumped an astonishing volume of rain between midnight and 3am ...

A tropical low off the Coral Coast could have the potential to become a tropical cyclone over the weekend, as residents across the far-north prepare for heavy rainfall.

Tropical Cyclone Koji has formed and is threatening to barrel through a region already reeling from heavy flooding.

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The chances of a tropical cyclone forming off the North Queensland coastline before the weekend have risen again, as already soaked regions call for flood map funding.

The chances of a tropical cyclone forming off the North Queensland coastline before the weekend remain at 45 per cent, but locals along a 1000-kilometre stretch of coastline have been warned to ...