Rare cyclone weakens to a tropical low weather system as it approaches the Australian east coast
A tropical cyclone weakened into a tropical low weather system on Saturday as it approached Brisbane, Australia’s third-most populous city, bringing flooding rain that was expected to lash the coastal region for days.
Tropical Cyclone Alfred barrels towards Australia's Queensland and New South Wales
Tropical Cyclone Alfred is nearing Australia's east coast. It could affect Queensland and New South Wales with strong winds, heavy rain, and flooding. The cyclone may make landfall between the Gold Coast and the Wide Bay region by late Friday or early Saturday.
Residents prepare for the first cyclone in 51 years to hit the Australian coast near Brisbane
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.
Cyclone Alfred tracker map: When it will hit Queensland and New South Wales' coastline
Tropical Cyclone Alfred is forecast to cross the south-east Queensland coast this week, bringing destructive winds and the risk of life-threatening flooding. The system is expected to make landfall between the Gold Coast and southern parts of the Wide Bay region as a category two cyclone.
Cyclone Alfred: 'Worse to come', warns Australian PM - as heavy rain and flooding batter east coast
Fallen trees across the region have already damaged power lines, homes and cars, while the Gold Coast's renowned beaches have become steep sandy cliffs after days of relentless erosion.
Rare cyclone threatens millions on Australia’s east coast
Millions of residents along Australia’s eastern coast are bracing for the arrival of a very slow-moving storm, the most southerly tropical cyclone to threaten the region in more than 50 years.
One dead as tropical low tracks west across Australian east coast
Heavy rain will continue to lash a region of the Australian east coast for days, even though it avoided the destructive winds of its first tropical cyclone in 51 years, officials have said. One person was confirmed dead and several others were injured during the bad weather.
One missing as tropical low tracks west across Australian east coast
A 61-year-old man remains missing after being swept away in a flooded river near the town of Dorrigo in New South Wales, and a woman sustained minor injuries when an apartment building lost its roof in the Queensland border city of Gold Coast on Friday, police said. The woman was one of 21 people who were evacuated from the building.
Tropical low tracks west across Australian east coast leaving one dead and several injured
Tropical Cyclone Alfred weakens to a tropical low, causing flooding and injuries in Queensland and New South Wales.
Storm Alfred: Former cyclone hits Australia's east coast
Cyclone Alfred - which has been downgraded from a cyclone to a tropical low - has caused flooding, damage to buildings and left thousands without power across the eastern coast of Australia. Millions of people across Queensland and north New South Wales have been affected.
Thousands of Australians without power as ex-tropical cyclone lashes Queensland
Some 316,540 people were without power in Queensland's southeast where the Gold Coast city was the worst-hit area with more than 112,000 without power due to the storm system, energy distributor Energex said in a statement.
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred brings highest rainfall in decades to south-east Queensland
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One person killed as Australian coast hit by strong winds and flooding
Tropical Cyclone Alfred weakened to a tropical low before it hit the east coast north of Brisbane. One person has been ...
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Ex-tropical Cyclone Alfred: High winds, heavy rain as Brisbane, Gold Coast residents evacuated
Ex-tropical Cyclone Alfred has been downgraded to a tropical low, as it approaches Australia’s eastern coast. Although the ...