Four million people are in the firing line of Cyclone Alfred. It's expected to hit between the Sunshine Coast and the Gold Coast - a stretch of Australia known for its beautiful beaches and top surf – as well as Brisbane, Australia's third-biggest city.

Conditions are intensifying across the south-east Queensland and northern NSW coast, with the Bureau of Meteorology warning Tropical Cyclone Alfred's slow track will bring a "very high risk of significant impacts".

Tropical Cyclone Alfred's centre is expected to hit Australia on Friday night or Saturday morning, with impacts already being felt across south-east Queensland and northern NSW. The category two system was expected to remain of similar intensity until the centre started to interact with the coast and islands.