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Australia braces for rare tropical cyclone Alfred

Tropical Cyclone Alfred is expected to impact southeastern Australia, with warnings issued across Queensland and New South Wales due to forecasted destructive winds and heavy rainfall.
Australia's southeastern coast is preparing for Cyclone Alfred, classified as a Category 1 system, which is expected to intensify to Category 2 before landfall near Brisbane by Thursday or Friday.
The cyclone is projected to bring extreme weather, including wind gusts over 120 km/h and up to 700 mm of rainfall, with evacuation warnings issued in flood-prone areas.
Authorities suspended ferry services in Brisbane and warned residents to avoid unnecessary travel due to the dangerous conditions caused by Cyclone Alfred.

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SBS News

Slow-moving and erratic: Why cyclones like Alfred are so hard to predict

The last cyclone to cross Queensland's southeast was Zoe in 1974, while Nancy came close in 1990.

1 day ago·Sydney, Australia

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The Independent

Australia braces for rare tropical cyclone Alfred

Category 1 cyclone intensifying off Queensland’s coast expected to be one of region’s most destructive in decades

2 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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Canberra CityNews

Two states brace as tropical cyclone impact looms

Tropical Cyclone Alfred is set to cross the Queensland coast on Thursday. Photo: BoM By Savannah Meacham in Brisbane A tropical cyclone set to bring heavy rainfall and damaging winds is expected to impact a part of the Australian coast for the first time in more than 50 years. A community devastated by flooding three years ago has been warned to start sandbagging amid fears Tropical Cyclone Alfred may cause life-threatening river rises. The cycl…

2 days ago·Canberra, Australia

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The Epoch Times

4 Million Residents Warned: Major City to Be Hit by Cyclone for First Time in 50 Years

For the first time in five decades, Queensland’s capital could face the impact of a tropical cyclone, with Cyclone Alfred forecast to make landfall on Mar. 6. Meteorologists predict the system will reach the south-east corner of the state as a category one, and will potentially stretch over 150 kilometres from the Sunshine Coast to the state capital Brisbane, and to the Gold Coast/New South Wales border. The last event to hit the heavily popula…

2 days ago·New York, United States

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The Age

AFL25: Cyclone threatens to derail AFL season opener between Brisbane Lions and Geelong Cats

The AFL continues to monitor potentially treacherous weather conditions in Brisbane ahead of Thursday’s season opener between the Lions and Geelong at the Gabba.

3 days ago·Australia

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