SYDNEY, Feb. 27 (Bernama-Xinhua) -- Residents and tourists on an island off Australia's northeast coast will begin evacuating to the mainland due to a threat posed by a cyclone, reported Xinhua.

For just the third time in over 27 years, three tropical cyclones are active simultaneously in the South Pacific.

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The unusual activity is "a lot to happen at once, but not unprecedented," an atmospheric science professor said.

An unusual situation occurred in the Southern Hemisphere Tuesday afternoon, when 5 tropical storms, called cyclones in that ...