Cyclone Alfred weakens to tropical low off Queensland coast as authorities warn of severe rainfall and flash flooding

Hundreds of thousands without power in Queensland, with premier calling it the ‘single biggest loss we have seen in over a decade’Tropical Cyclone Alfred LIVE: latest news and updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTropical Cyclone Alfred was downgraded to a tropical low weather system as it stalled within a few kilometres of the Australian mainland on Saturday morning, but warnings about severe wind and rainfall remain in place across southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales.More than 280,000 people in south-east Queensland lost power overnight – more than half of those on the Gold Coast – as destructive winds heralded Alfred’s passage through Moreton Bay. Queensland premier, David Crisafulli, said they were the “single biggest loss we have seen in over a decade”.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news emailTropical Cyclone Alfred LIVE: latest news and updatesNo one is sleeping in Murwillumbah. All we can do now is wait for Tropical Cyclone Alfred, the malevolent beastWhen and where will the cyclone hit? Everything we know so far about TC Alfred‘I’m ready’: why John is determined to weather Cyclone Alfred in his tent despite authorities’ warningsHow BoM modelling predicts the path of cyclones like AlfredIs climate change supercharging Tropical Cyclone Alfred as it powers towards Australia? Continue reading...

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Cyclone Alfred weakens to tropical low off Queensland coast as authorities warn of severe rainfall and flash flooding

Hundreds of thousands without power in Queensland, with premier calling it the ‘single biggest loss we have seen in over a decade’

Tropical Cyclone Alfred was downgraded to a tropical low weather system as it stalled within a few kilometres of the Australian mainland on Saturday morning, but warnings about severe wind and rainfall remain in place across southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales.

More than 280,000 people in south-east Queensland lost power overnight – more than half of those on the Gold Coast – as destructive winds heralded Alfred’s passage through Moreton Bay. Queensland premier, David Crisafulli, said they were the “single biggest loss we have seen in over a decade”.

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Tropical Cyclone Alfred LIVE: latest news and updates

No one is sleeping in Murwillumbah. All we can do now is wait for Tropical Cyclone Alfred, the malevolent beast

When and where will the cyclone hit? Everything we know so far about TC Alfred

‘I’m ready’: why John is determined to weather Cyclone Alfred in his tent despite authorities’ warnings

How BoM modelling predicts the path of cyclones like Alfred

Is climate change supercharging Tropical Cyclone Alfred as it powers towards Australia? Continue reading...

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