Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred is dumping heavy rain across south-east Queensland as hundreds of thousands remain without power.
Thousands of Australians are without power as storm Alfred lashes Queensland. Hundreds of thousands in the state of Queensland were without power on Sunday after Alfred, a downgraded tropical cyclone,
Hundreds of thousands of people in Australia's Queensland state were without power on Sunday after Alfred, a downgraded tropical cyclone, brought damaging winds and heavy rains, sparking flood warnings.
Acting Police Commissioner Shane Chelepy has defended the warnings issued by police to the community, after residents in Brisbane were caught off guard by cyclonic level winds overnight to Sunday.
Brisbane residents have relived their horror after a massive gum tree came crashing through their family home during cyclonic winds last night.
NEWS Queensland meteorologist Tony Auden has warned we’re not out of the woods yet with ‘phenomenal’ rain forecast for the region.
Brisbane is a subtropical city of more than 2.5 million people, situated on a flood-prone river. That’s why residents mustn’t get complacent after Cyclone Alfred.
The local council pleaded with residents in Hervey Bay to shelter indoors after more than 300 millimetres from ex-tropical cyclone Alfred fell in the region on Sunday, triggering a rapid rise in water levels.
Heavy rainfall with damaging winds that could spark flash flooding was developing on March 9 in Queensland. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Thousands of Queensland residents were left without power on Sunday after Cyclone Alfred, a downgraded tropical cyclone, caused widespread damage across the state.
Tropical Cyclone Alfred's approach was coloured by slow, suspenseful movement. Here's how the weather event and emergency response unfolded.
Residents are stacking sandbags to protect low-lying properties ahead of a tropical cyclone that is forecast to become the first in 51 years to hit the Australian east coast near Brisbane, the nation’s third-most populous city.