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Millions of residents along Australia’s eastern coast are bracing for the arrival of a very slow-moving storm, the strongest tropical cyclone to threaten the region in more than 50 years. Tropical Cyclone Alfred is expected to make landfall late Friday or early Saturday as a Category 1 cyclone,

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.

Australia's Tropical Cyclone Alfred was originally set to be named Cyclone Anthony before the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) made a last-minute switch, according to SBS News. The change was made to avoid confusion with Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's name, following BoM's policy of skipping names that match prominent public figures.

Brisbane airport was closed as the centre of Alfred is expected to cross the coast very early Saturday morning, most likely between Noosa and Coolangatta of Queensland accordinng to Australia's Bureau

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Weather experts are predicting it will cross the coast early on Friday morning with damaging wind gusts, storms, and heavy rainfall.

Australia’s east coast is bracing for tidal surges, intense rainfall, strong winds and flooding as a cyclone is expected to veer toward the country’s third-biggest city.

The latest long-range forecast from the Bureau of Meteorology predicts a wetter-than-usual autumn in the north, a heightened bushfire risk in some coastal areas and warmer-than-average temperatures.

SYDNEY: Communities across southeast Queensland and northeast New South Wales (NSW) are preparing for the first tropical cyclone to make direct landfall, forecast to be on Thursday, in the region since two other similar rare cyclones hit the part of the two Australian states in 1974.