Tropical Cyclone

The Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation (ARPC) has this week made its inaugural declaration of a cyclone event following the arrival of the first tropical cyclone in local waters this summer. The Cyclone Reinsurance Pool, which came into effect in ...

During average years, the date of the first tropical cyclone to make landfall is more likely in early January. The cyclone had reached category five intensity today, but was moving westward away from the islands and mainland Australia. Models suggest that ocean temperatures may reach neutral levels next month or in February.