Alfie arrived on Straddie. What happened next saved Brisbane from the worst
The four large islands off Brisbane are popular getaways for locals. Now, in the wake of ex-tropical cyclone Alfred, they have another claim to fame: as the city’s protectors from extreme weather.
Emergency Flood Warnings Issued As Ex-Cyclone Alfred Continues To Wreak Havoc
My message today, and we do have a bit of rain left to go, is overwhelmingly you must always put your safety first. That's ...
Ex-Cyclone Alfred afternath: 'I'm stuck on a cruise ship'
A New Zealander stuck on a cruise ship in the middle of the ocean due to Cyclone Alfred says he has no idea how he will return home. The Pacific Encounter was supposed to berth at Brisbane's port on ...
Heavy rain and flash flooding hit Queensland and NSW as ex-Cyclone Alfred moves inland
Emergency services are warning residents in New South Wales and Queensland to avoid floodwaters as heavy rainfall continues ...
Alfred Weakens to Tropical Low, Sparing Any Major Damage
(Bloomberg) -- Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred weakened to a tropical low and was still lingering off the coast of Brisbane on ...
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Alfred leaves hundreds of thousands without power
Tropical Cyclone Alfred has left hundreds of thousands of homes without power, and WA Labor has secured a massive victory in ...
Many schools still closed as Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred clean-up begins
Rainfalls of up to 80 millimetres are forecast by the BOM in Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast, while 50mm could fall in Grafton, where the Clarence River is nearing major flood levels.
Ex-Cyclone Alfred: ‘Phenomenal’ levels of rainfall trigger ‘too late to leave’ warnings across NSW
Video / NZ Herald Experts are warning that the impacts from ex-tropical Cyclone Alfred are far from over as two months' worth of rain falls in parts of Queensland and New South Wales. Major flood ...
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Eastern Australia battles flooding and power outages as Cyclone Alfred weakens
Nearly 290,000 properties remain without power, with outages lasting days as crews work; 6,000+ emergency calls made ...
‘A lot of fuss over a bit of wind and rain that would be unremarkable for the Causeway Coast on a dirty winter night’
As darkness fell over Brisbane on Sunday night rain continued to batter the city, hampering efforts to remove trees felled by ...
Cruise passengers stuck on ship after cyclone throws their return into chaos
Passengers on a Brisbane-bound cruise ship have been forced to spend days longer at sea as ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred throws holiday plans into chaos.