Preparing for Tropical Cyclone Alfred? Here's what to do and where to find sandbags
Tropical Cyclone Alfred is set to make landfall in south-east Queensland on Thursday and Friday. So now's the time to get yourself ready for the storm.
Tracking Tropical Cyclone Alfred
Satellite imagery can help determine the strength, size and cohesion of a storm. The stronger a storm becomes, the more likely an eye will form in the center. When the eye looks symmetrical, that often means the storm is not encountering anything to weaken it.
Why Tropical Cyclone Alfred is about to hook a huge right turn
Tropical Cyclone Alfred is set to make landfall in southeast Queensland. This is why it's turning towards the coast.
Tropical Cyclone Alfred forecast to make landfall as category 2, with worst impacts to be felt south of system
Tropical Cyclone Alfred is forecast to turn towards the coast later this afternoon, with impacts across south-east Queensland and northern NSW expected from as early as tomorrow.
Cyclone Alfred is expected to hit southeast Queensland—the first in 50 years to strike so far south
Tropical Cyclone Alfred is expected to cross the southeast Queensland coast late this Thursday as a Category 2 storm. The last tropical cyclone to make landfall in the region was ex-Tropical Cyclone Zoe in 1974, half a century ago.
Where will Tropical Cyclone Alfred make landfall?
Tropical Cyclone Alfred is expected to hit Australia’s east coast later this week, somewhere over southeast Queensland or northeast NSW.
Metre of rainfall possible as tropical cyclone Alfred intensifies to category two system
Acting mayor Donna Gates says tropical cyclone Alfred "might be the most significant system" for the Gold Coast since 1954.
Cyclone Alfred approaches Queensland, northern New South Wales
A cyclone is heading for a densely populated part of Australia's coast for the first time in 50 years. Tropical Cyclone Alfred is expected to U-turn towards southeast Queensland, before crossing the coast later in the week.
Tropical Cyclone Alfred crossing south-east Queensland
Settled conditions for most of the country, except for in south-east Queensland and northern NSW where Cyclone Alfred is causing chaos.
Tropical Cyclone Alfred intensifies to category 2 system ahead of turn towards Queensland coast
It will be the first time the south-east has been in the direct firing line of a tropical cyclone in several decades.
Residents remain alert as Tropical Cyclone Alfred tracks south off Queensland’s coast
Residents are remaining alert with Tropical Cyclone Alfred currently tracking above the Coral Sea around 450 kilometres north-east of Brisbane.
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