Alfred is forecast to make landfall near Brisbane, the capital of Queensland and Australia’s third largest city.

One man died in floodwaters, the authorities said, and over 330,000 customers were without power in South East Queensland.

Cyclones typically form in tropical northern Australia, but Alfred is hitting the cooler centre of the eastern coast. The last cyclone to impact Brisbane was Cyclone Zoe in 1974, which caused severe flooding.