Schools are closed and public transport has stopped as rare cyclone approaches Australian coast
Schools are closed, public transport has stopped and desperate residents are getting around shortages of sandbags by buying sacks of potting mix as a region of eastern Australia is lashed by wind and rain from a rare approaching tropical cyclone.
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Cyclone Alfred latest: Australia cancels more than 200 flights as rare Category 2 storm nears east coast
The area covered by the Cyclone Alfred warning zone stretches approximately 450-500 km along the east coast of Australia, from Double Island Point in Queensland to Ballina in New South Wales.
Schools closed as rare cyclone approaches Australia’s eastern coast
Prime minister Anthony Albanese said 660 schools in southern Queensland and 280 schools in northern New South Wales were closed on Thursday as weather conditions worsen. I want residents in southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales to know that we are prepared. We will get through this – together. pic.twitter.com/wCHzoagD8F
Rare cyclone threatens millions on Australia’s east coast
Millions of residents along Australia’s eastern coast are preparing for the impact of the most southerly cyclone to threaten the region in more than five decades.
Outer fringe of cyclone hits Australia's east coast
The outer fringe of a tropical cyclone has started to hit eastern Australia, bringing heavy rains and record-breaking waves to a heavily populated region rarely hit by typhoons.
Fringe of Tropical Cyclone Alfred lashes eastern Australia
The fringe of a tropical cyclone started whipping eastern Australia on Thursday (Mar 6), bringing drenching rains and record-breaking waves to a heavily populated region rarely hit by typhoons.
Rare cyclone approaches Australian coast; schools closed, public transport halted
Rare tropical cyclone Alfred lashes eastern Australia, schools closed, public transport halted, residents buy potting mix for sandbags.
Cyclone's fringe lashes eastern Australia
The outer fringe of a tropical cyclone started whipping eastern Australia on Thursday, bringing drenching rains and record-breaking waves to a heavily populated region rarely hit by typhoons.
Australians warned as ‘extreme’ cyclone set to make ­landfall
Tropical Cyclone Alfred is closing in on southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales, with authorities warning residents to “prepare now” for the “extremely rare event”. Millions of people in Queensland and northern New South Wales (NSW) are under warnings to hunker down or evacuate with flights,
Residents prepare for first cyclone in 51 years to hit Australian coast near Brisbane
Residents were stacking sandbags to protect low-lying properties Wednesday ahead of a tropical cyclone forecast to become the first in 51 years to hit the Australian east coast near Brisbane, the nation's third-most populous city.
Brisbane's Nudgee Beach braces for Cyclone Alfred
Residents in one of the areas marked most dangerous are sandbagging and hunkering down as they await the cyclone's arrival ...
Cyclone Alfred stalls off Australia's east, residents sandbag homes, transport, schools shut
Cyclone Alfred stalled off Australia's east coast on Thursday delaying landfall as officials shut airports, schools and ...
Brisbane on alert: these maps show the suburbs most likely to flood during Cyclone Alfred
The maps show the predicted flood extent for the most at-risk areas of Brisbane, based on Bureau of Meteorology forecasts.
Tropical Cyclone Alfred to hit Brisbane, Sunshine Coast with severe weather
The cyclone was upgraded to a category two system overnight and is expected to turn west “directly” towards the coast of ...