Alfred is expected to become the first cyclone to cross the coast near Brisbane since Cyclone Zoe hit Gold Coast in 1974 and brought widespread flooding.

The system could make landfall between the Gold Coast and southern parts of the Wide Bay region as a category two cyclone.

Brisbane is nestled on the southeast corner of Queensland (on Australia's east coast), about 571 miles northeast of Sydney. Brisbane is the third-largest city in Australia, and as such its ...

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That made it Brisbane's wettest 24-hour period since 314mm fell in the 24 hours to 9am on January 26, 1974 – the year of the ...

This is the sting in Alfred’s tail. These storms are drawing down very warm, moist air from the Coral Sea in the north. If ...

(Jason O’Brien/AAP Image via AP) A worker installs sandbags at an engineering business in Brisbane ... hit the beaches on the Gold Coast, Australia, Thursday, March 6, 2025. (Jason O’Brien/AAP Image ...

Picture: BOM. Maps show flood risk Brisbane City Council has put in place flood modelling from Cyclone Alfred which has revealed as many as 20,000 properties could be at risk from inundation, reported ...

Damaging winds, heavy rainfall and life-threatening floods are expected after the storm made a sudden shift toward Queensland.

This map was issued by the Bureau of Meteorology ... cities and towns from Sandy Cape to Grafton including Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast and Byron Bay People living within those areas ...