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Cyclone Alfred heading toward Brisbane and eastern Australia for rare landfall
Australia's East Coast braces for Alfred, a rare cyclone threatening Brisbane.
Cyclone Alfred tracker map: When will it hit south-east Queensland?
The centre of Tropical Cyclone Alfred is expected to cross the coast Friday night or early Saturday morning, most likely between Noosa and Coolangatta, bringing destructive winds and the risk of life-threatening flooding.
Residents in Cyclone Alfred’s danger zone have been warned they only have hours to escape, while there are fears an entire coastal city in northern NSW will be inundated with water.
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Cyclone Alfred's wrath is already impacting both sides of the Qld-NSW border, with 30,000 properties losing power amid heavy rain and wild gales.
As millions wait for Cyclone Alfred to make landfall, not everyone is looking to the Bureau of Meteorology for their information.
The current modelling shows that Cyclone Alfred will make landfall somewhere between K’gari Island (formerly Fraser Island) and the Queensland-NSW border, with Brisbane in the firing line on Thursday and Friday. Here is the latest map from the weather bureau, showing Alfred’s predicted path:
Authorities are telling residents to prepare now for wet, windy and wild weather — including potential flash flooding — from Wednesday till the weekend.
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