La Niña set to intensify Australia’s cyclone season, raising risk of flooding

Bureau of Meteorology climatologist warns of above-average number of tropical cyclones, driven by warmer waters to Australia's north

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The coming tropical cyclone season threatens to inflict more flooding on northern and eastern Australia, elevating demands on emergency authorities to another level", a senior Bureau of Meteorology climatologist has said.

Greg Browning, a specialist who helps prepare the bureau's cyclone forecast, said disaster management crews had warned since August to prepare for more wild weather wreaked by cyclones.

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