The cyclone was at category 5 when it grazed Yeppoon battering the coastal town with 285km/h winds. It was downgraded to category 3 when it hit Rockhampton in the afternoon. * Marcia’s ...

Rockhampton is an older town with many structures not built to withstand a cyclone, warned Steve Turton of James Cook University, an expert in Queensland cyclone history. The impact of Marcia was ...

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has announced a broadening of disaster payments for people affected by Tropical Cyclone Marcia while touring clean-up sites in Rockhampton. "Today I can announce that ...

The generators were being used to power critical services such as traffic lights which, along with 70,000 homes, lost power when Cyclone Marcia hit last Friday. Rockhampton criminal investigation ...

The Rockhampton council has released a cyclone recovery and resilience plan, to help businesses affected by Cyclone Marcia. Mayor Margaret Strelow said the two-year plan identified short ...

Rockhampton Region mayor Margaret Strelow shared her thoughts on the devastation and where Rocky would go from here. "To many of us it feels longer than two years since Marcia came knocking," Cr ...

Marcia was one of two fierce cyclones which ... 45 kilometres south of Rockhampton, as the cyclone passed. "And the horses were running around the paddock and all I could think was, 'We are ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Rockhampton. Followed categories will be added to My News. AS AT November, Cyclone Marcia had cost Rockhampton Regional Council $11.5 million, after State and ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Rockhampton. Followed categories will be added to My News. The measures included releasing a year's worth of water to improve quality and bypassing necessary ...

Australia’s Queensland coast continued to be lashed by heavy rain and winds exceeding 250 kilometers per hour (155 mph) Friday, despite Tropical Cyclone Marcia being downgraded to a Category 4 ...

Australia’s Queensland coast continued to be lashed by heavy rain and winds exceeding 250 kilometers per hour (155 mph) Friday, despite Tropical Cyclone Marcia being downgraded to a Category 4 ...