Labor Party President Wayne Swan’s claims that Tropical Cyclone Alfred no longer poses an immediate threat to millions of people in Brisbane has been contradicted by the Bureau of Meterology, as the weather bomb puts plans for an April 12 election at risk.
The Bureau of Meteorology is now predicting Cyclone Alfred to cross the coast Friday night or early Saturday morning, most likely between Noosa and Coolangatta. Take a look back at our live blog.
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.
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The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a bleak reminder Tropical Cyclone Alfred could intensify to category 3 as the storm heads towards Brisbane.
BoM senior meteorologist Miriam Bradbury gives an update on Tropical Cyclone Alfred. Qantas hopes to resume flights into and out of Brisbane on Sunday after Tropical Cyclone Alfred. It could take months or even years for the Sunshine Coast's beaches to recover from Cyclone Alfred.
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.