Tropical Cyclone Alfred has passed – now downgraded to a tropical low. But do not be lured into a false sense of security.

But nothing could prepare Brisbane for the waterlogged events of February 1893, the year of the ‘Great Flood’. That freakish year three floods descended on Brisbane on the 5th, 12th and 19th ...

From the Great Gold Coast Cyclone, Wanda and then Zoe, this isn’t the first time a cyclone has come for south-east Queensland ...

The below flood maps show the areas at risk. Take, for example, the Great Flood of Brisbane in February, 1893, which caused 35 known deaths. In the days preceding it, a cyclone passed to the north ...