With all eyes on Tropical Cyclone Alfred as it continues to move down the Queensland coast, the Bureau of Meteorology has released its latest tracking map: Premier David Crisafulli said given that millions of Queenslanders were potentially in the firing line,
One man died in floodwaters, the authorities said, and over 330,000 customers were without power in South East Queensland.
A cruise onboard the Carnival Luminosa has been cancelled due to Tropical Cyclone Alfred, Carnival Cruise Line said. According to an update shared on the company’s social media profiles, the sailing that was scheduled to depart from Brisbane on March 6,
Tropical Cyclone Alfred is gaining in strength, but the weather bureau has gone to lengths to point out that it is far off the coast.
Australia braced for a rare east coast tropical cyclone that is swirling towards Brisbane, its third-most populous city, with authorities urging residents in flood-prone suburbs to evacuate soon.
Hundreds of thousands of people in Australia's Queensland state were without power on Sunday (March 9) after ex-tropical cyclone Alfred brought damaging winds and heavy rains, sparking flood warnings.
Alfred is forecast to make landfall near Brisbane, the capital of Queensland and Australia’s third largest city.
NSW residents are being urged to avoid driving through floodwaters, following 17 emergency rescues over the last 24 hours in the wake of ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred.
Tropical Cyclone Alfred weakened into a tropical low Saturday as it neared Brisbane, Australia, bringing heavy rain and flooding risks to the region, according to officials. Initially expected to make landfall as the first cyclone to strike southeast Queensland since 1974, Alfred's winds dropped to under 39 mph (63 kph) as it shifted inland.