Residents who prepared for the cyclone now have little to do but wait and see how their efforts will pay off against the rising water.

Alfred is forecast to make landfall near Brisbane, the capital of Queensland and Australia’s third largest city.

Ex-tropical Cyclone Alfred has been downgraded to a tropical low, as it approaches Australia’s eastern coast. Although the speed at which Alfred is travelling has slowed, Brisbane locals have been sent a stark warning of what might be to come.