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 public transport and residents stockpiled supplies and sandbagged homes against floodwaters expected when the category-two storm hits.
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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.
Alfred has been called by officials a "very rare event" for Brisbane, Queensland's state capital, with the city last hit by a ...
The fact that Alfred is set to make landfall is very unusual. But we can’t yet definitively say this is due to climate change. Cyclones are steered by winds and weather patterns, and the Coral Sea’s ...
Picture: NewsWire / Glenn Campbell Is it normal for tropical cyclones to hit so far south? TC Alfred was on track to move east and towards New Zealand but was picked up by winds and performed a ...
As Cyclone Alfred closes in on Australia’s eastern coast, meteorologists are grappling with its unpredictable movement, ...
Despite hundreds of thousands of accounts talking about Cyclone Alfred on Facebook, social media giant Meta was blocking or ...
Schools across South East Queensland’s cyclone-impacted areas will be closed and residents have been told to stay at home on ...
The last time a cyclone struck so far south along Australia’s east coast was in 1974. View on euronews ...
A cyclone is expected to make landfall in major cities in the most popular country for British expats, with the Foreign ...
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