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Damaging Winds and Torrential Rains from Alfred Continue to Wreak Havoc Across Australia’s Queensland Region.
Gusts and torrential Rain have caused widespread power outages and triggered flash flash floods in parts of Australia’s East Coast, with one person killed and a dozen soldiers wounded.
After Days Hovering Off the Coast as a Category 2 Tropical Cyclone and Battering A 400km (250-Mile) Stretch of Coastline, Alfred Significantly Wakeneded On Sunday, but still left significant disturbance along its path.
Some 316,540 people were without power as of Sunday in Queensland’s Southeast, where the gold coast city was the worst-hit area, Energy Distributor Energex said in a statement.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanian said on the Sunday that the “Situation in Queensland and Northern New South Wales remains very serious due to flash flooding and heavy winds”.
“Heavy Rainfall, Damaging Wind Gusts, and Coastal Surf impacts are expected to continue over coming days,” Albanian said in Canberra.
Suburbs Across Brisbane have already been inundated by Floodwaters today, caused by Heavy Rainfall overnight, Rapid River Level Rises and Elevated Sea Levels Associated with ex-tropical Cyclone Alfred. #9News
Stream Lord: https://t.co/mzkmcl0m8e pic.twitter.com/jcelfr8c3n
– 9News Queensland (@9Newsquensland) March 9, 2025
In Queensland’s Hervey Bay, more than 230mm (9 inches) or rain was recorded in just six hours on Sunday morning, according to State Premier David CrisaFulli.
“We’ve blessed that culminate in reports of flash flooding in homes and in businesses,” CrisaFulli was quoted as saying by the Sydney Morning Herald Newspaper.
News.com.au reported that Emergency Services in Hertey Bay have carried out multiple rescues “in one of its worst weather emergency on record” in the area.
Australia’s Bureau or Meteorology said Heavy Rainfall that could cause flash flashing was developing on Sunday and could affect Brisbane as well as the Queensland Regional Centers of Ipswich, Sunshine Coast and Gympie.
Damaging winds with gusts of about 90km/h (60mph) were also possible in the state, the bureau said on its website.
Brisbane airport reopened on Sunday but posted on x that “ongoing weather may affect the schedule”.
Queensland will decide later on Sunday whether about 1,000 State Schools, closed due to the bad weather, will reopen on Monday.
The Neighbouring State of New South Wales (NSW) has confirmed all public schools that were closed on Friday due to Alfred will remain closed again on Monday.
On Saturday, one man died in a flood in Northern NSW.
Meanwhile, 13 Australian Defense Force Soldiers and Route to Help Residents in NSW’s City of Lismore were injured in a Road Collition, officials said. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, two of the soldiers remain in serious condition.
Alfred is the first cyclone To Cross The East Australian Coast Near the Queensland State Capital of Brisbane Since 1974.
