Australia, Tropical and Cyclone Alfred

Rare cyclone weakens to a tropical low weather system as it approaches the Australian east coast
A man has disappeared in floodwater, people were ordered to evacuate homes as part of the Australian east coast was lashed by wind and rain ahead of its first tropical cyclone in 51 years.
Tropical Storm Alfred flooding feared in eastern Australia
Tropical storm Alfred could cause significant flooding in eastern Australia despite the slowly moving storm no longer being a cyclone.
Rare cyclone threatens millions on Australia’s east coast
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 early Saturday with the strength of an Atlantic tropical storm.
Tropical low tracks west across Australian east coast leaving 1 dead and several injured
Flooding rains will continue for days to lash a region of the Australian east coast even though it avoided its first tropical cyclone in 51 years.
Floods, mass power cuts as wild weather bashes eastern Australia
Gusts and torrential rain have blacked out more than a quarter of a million properties and swamped parts of Australia's east coast, officials said Sunday, with one driver confirmed dead
Floods hit eastern Australia, 190,000 properties blacked out
Torrential rain from the remnants of Cyclone Alfred flooded swathes of Australia's east coast on Monday, as workers battled to restore power to more than 190,000 homes and businesses.
Floodwaters still threaten parts of Australia's east coast as tropical storm cleanup begins
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Australia's prime minister cautioned that the fallout from a vicious tropical storm over the weekend was “far from over” as parts of two states remained inundated with perilous floodwaters on Monday, even as the initial threat from the deluge continued to recede.
Ex-Cyclone Tropical Alfred turns NSW Northern Rivers properties into islands
Locals in the riverside town of Lawrence in northern NSW are waiting for flooding to recede, but unlike the 2022 floods they ...
Video shows Queensland, Australia, after Cyclone Alfred dropped 15 inches of rain
Cyclone Alfred struck the east coast of Australia late Friday, unleashing strong winds, rough surf and dangerous rip currents ...
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Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred: What's the big unknown?
Ex-TC Alfred is the first cyclone to hit southeast Queensland since ex-TC Zoe in 1974. Some footage of that event can be seen ...
Alfred, No Longer a Cyclone, Makes Landfall in Australia
One man died in floodwaters, the authorities said, and over 330,000 customers were without power in South East Queensland.
Australia tells thousands to evacuate as tropical cyclone Alfred nears
Australia ordered thousands of people in its eastern regions to evacuate before Tropical Cyclone Alfred hits land on Saturday ...
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Insurance stocks climb after Cyclone Alfred downgrade
Suncorp led the sector’s gains, climbing 3.1% to $19.31—its largest intraday increase since Feb. 20. Insurance Australia ...
Rare tropical cyclone in the Pacific offers a lesson for 2025 hurricane season
Tropical cyclone Alfred is a reminder that powerful storms have the power to show up in some surprising places.
Cyclone Alfred: Flood warnings in place in aftermath of disaster
Severe weather warnings remain in some eastern parts of Australia recovering from ex-tropical cyclone Alfred. Flood warnings ranging from minor to major still apply in northern New South Wales - with ...