While southeast Qld is bracing for dangerous weather from Tropical Cyclone Alfred, heavy rain that may cause flooding in the coming days will likely impact transport operations in the coming days across NSW. The video below shows Alfred crossing the coast near or to the south of Brisbane and rapidly weakening over land to a […]
More than 700 mm of rain could inundate parts of southeast Queensland and northeast NSW later this week as Tropical Cyclone Alfred makes landfall, impacting businesses in the densely populated stretch of Australia’s east coast. At 10am AEST on Monday, Alfred was a category one tropical cyclone located about 465km east northeast of Brisbane. Image: […]
After months of intense heat, the Monsoon’s rains bring joy and prosperity to India, but its seasonal downpours can disrupt transport, mining, and energy industries. As the Northern Hemisphere summer comes around, the Indian interior heats up significantly, leading to an area of low pressure over India’s north. Moist winds from the Indian Ocean, to […]
Severe Tropical Cyclone Alfred will edge closer to the Queensland coast on the weekend, with huge waves and gales impacting port operations across large parts of the Qld and northern NSW coasts in the coming days. Alfred is currently a category three system and is spinning around 850 kilometres northeast of Mackay and is slowly […]
Satellites have captured a rare sight of three tropical cyclones spinning simultaneously over the South Pacific Ocean this week, with several Pacific islands facing heavy rainfall this week. The images below show three separate tropical cyclones spiralling over the South Pacific on Tuesday, creating a vast band of clouds stretching around 5000km in length. Video: […]
Tropical Cyclone Alfred and Bianca formed near Australia on Sunday, with businesses across northern Australia on high alert. The video below shows Bianca over the Indian Ocean to the west of Australia and Alfred in the Coral Sea to the east of Qld. Video: Himawari-9 infrared satellite image at 10am AEDT on Monday February […]
Two tropical cyclones could form in the Australian region by the start of next week, one in the Coral Sea and the other off the north coast of WA. Our team of meteorologists have been helping our clients assess the potential risks to their businesses in the coming week. It has been one week since […]
Destructive winds, the heaviest rain in decades forced major port, rail, and mining operations to shut down in the Pilbara, though many have resumed despite ongoing major flooding and highway closures. Severe Tropical Cyclone Zelia made landfall as a category four system near the De Grey River mouth last Friday afternoon. Despite Port Hedland missing […]
A massive line of dangerous thunderstorms is bearing down on Sydney this Monday morning, having already impacted parts of central NSW transport operations. Heavy rainfall will develop from this afternoon along the NSW South Coast, however the immediate weather flashpoint is the entire Sydney region, with the BoM declaring a storm in southwest Sydney as […]
Australia’s tropical cyclone season is officially underway, but we may not see much activity for few months yet. The season runs from November to April, and for mining operators and businesses across northern Australia, 2026-27 is shaping up to be a season where the headline numbers and the real risk may not line up. On […]
A positive Indian Ocean Dipole is underway, but this one is unlikely to deliver the textbook dry spring and summer that businesses have come to expect from the pattern. The Bureau of Meteorology officially declared a positive IOD on Tuesday, October 27, which typically like El Niño can cause drier and warmer conditions over parts of […]
Waters off Indonesia have cooled in recent weeks, an indication that a positive Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) event could be developing. It’s an important climate driver for Australia, and it could shape rainfall and temperatures heading into summer, with flow-on effects for farmers, energy and other industries. What is the Indian Ocean Dipole? The IOD […]
Leonora, WA, had its wettest September day on record earlier this month. Three weeks later, more than 1.3 million lightning pulses were detected within 800 km of the town in 48 hours. Why is a stalled trough delivering storms to mining country, and what it could mean for operations? The DTN Total Lightning Network detected […]
