Disasters in Australia

Cyclone Tracy is considered the most significant tropical cyclone in Australia's history and changed how we view the threat to northern Australia.

On February 16, 1983, more than 180 bushfires swept across South Australia and Victoria killing 75 people and destroying more than 3,000 buildings.

Twelve people died when the town of Grantham went under water in 2011. You'll hear tales of fear, bravery and loss in this moving radio feature.

Five years ago Brisbane was inundated by massive floods: these before and after images reveal how they transformed the city.

Take a look back at how one of the largest cyclones to hit Australia shattered lives and caused more than $800 million in damage.

A year after the deadly Queensland floods of 2011, residents provided their accounts of the disaster and the recovery process.

Cyclonic conditions one week, rebuilding the next. Satellite images capture Queensland's tourism icons two weeks on from Cyclone Debbie.

Aerial before-and-after photos reveal the frightening damage a bushfire caused in the Western Australian town of Yarloop this month.

There was plenty of online humour when Cyclone Marcia formed off Queensland, but as it intensified social media began sharing life-saving information.

On this day in 1978, weather forecasters looked on in horror as Cyclone Alby defied conventional wisdom — strengthening when it was expected to weaken — killing five people and leaving a trail of destruction across WA.

Mackay marks the centenary of a destructive, unnamed cyclone, which all but flattened the young town in north Queensland.

Residents in the small community of Katherine sensed something was amiss that Australia Day in 1998, but could never have anticipated the devastation about the grip the region.

Winds toppled trees and brought down powerlines across Darwin, leaving more than a third of properties without power. This is the extensive damage caused by the strongest cyclone to sweep through the city in 30 years.

Cyclone Ita smashed into far north Queensland in April 2014 and was the strongest cyclone to impact the state since Yasi just over three years earlier.

There were many amazing things about Cyclone Monica. Its intensity, longevity and impact has left a lasting impression

Flooding in New South Wales was widespread and severe, with 75 per cent of the state under flood warnings forcing thousands to be evacuated.

Pictures are emerging of walls of flame and smoke in the Esperance region of Western Australia, from fires that have claimed the lives of at least four people.

It was an unnamed cyclone that hit Queensland in 1954, but the scale of damage and loss of life earned it the title 'the Great Gold Coast Cyclone'.

In January 2015 a massive fire tore through the Adelaide Hills, destroying 27 homes and leaving a trail of destruction.

A rare weather pattern not seen in 40 years is behind the flooding rain in South Australia.

Cyclone Ingrid tore through all three of Australia's cyclone monitoring warning areas as a severe system.