Brisbane Airport cancels all flights as Queensland and NSW residents told to evacuate - PM Anthony Albanese warns public to exercise caution as cyclone's delayed landfall is 'not all good news'
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.
The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a bleak reminder Tropical Cyclone Alfred could intensify to category 3 as the storm heads towards Brisbane.
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,
The Moreton Bay Regional Council has set up multiple sandbag collection points in the suburbs of Arana Hills, Beachmere, Bongaree, Caboolture, Dayboro, Deception Bay, Elimbah, Margate, Narangba, Petrie, Toorbul and Woodford. On Wednesday, dozens of residents lined Jull St as trucks dumped sand over the day.
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.