Ben Spraggon

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Simon Elvery |Ben Spraggon |Julian Fell |Margaret Burin

New South Wales and Queensland are still feeling the effects of ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred, with emergency alerts and flood watches issued throughout the night. Parts of south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales have been lashed by driving rain, sparking flash flooding, as the system moves further inland.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Simon Elvery |Ben Spraggon |Julian Fell |Margaret Burin

Strong winds have lashed south-east Queensland as ex-Cyclone Alfred made landfall over the mainland last night. As the system weakened, much of the focus had turned to the expected high rainfall totals and fears for life-threatening flash flooding, meaning many residents were surprised to see powerful winds smashing the suburbs of Brisbane. Even more homes are now without power, with more than 320,000 Queensland customers impacted on Sunday morning, and another 16,000 in northern NSW.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Simon Elvery |Ben Spraggon |Julian Fell |Margaret Burin |Matthew Liddy

As Cyclone Alfred threatens to make landfall, destructive wind gusts above 100kph and heavy rain are forecast for the cyclone warning zone. We're tracking wind speeds and how much rain has fallen at key weather stations in Queensland and New South Wales throughout the day and night — refresh to see updates. Wind speeds shown are maximum gusts reported by the Bureau of Meteorology and are updated regularly. Locations are listed from north to south.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Simon Elvery |Ben Spraggon |Julian Fell |Margaret Burin |Matthew Liddy

As Cyclone Alfred begins to batter the south-east Queensland coast and across the border into New South Wales, it's forecast to create destructive wind gusts above 100kph. We're tracking wind speeds from key weather stations throughout the day and night — refresh to see updates. Speeds shown are maximum gusts reported by the Bureau of Meteorology and are updated regularly. Labels show the highest and latest points on each chart.

Nov 6, 2024 | abc.net.au | Ben Spraggon |Ashley Kyd |Georgina Piper |Matthew Liddy |Cristen Tilley |Julian Fell

Donald Trump has won the US presidential election twice, and lost once. Take a look at how his results compare. When Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton, he called this his "beautiful map". He also called the result a “massive landslide”. That wasn’t true. However, he did win comprehensively by 306 votes to 232 in the Electoral College, despite losing the popular vote to Clinton.