Significant damage and power outages are possible in the densely populated region of Queensland, where tropical cyclones impacts are not uncommon, but direct landfalls are.

Authorities are telling residents to prepare now for wet, windy and wild weather — including potential flash flooding — from Wednesday till the weekend.

Damaging winds, heavy rainfall and life-threatening floods are expected after the storm made a sudden shift toward Queensland.

SYDNEY: A heavily populated stretch of Australia's eastern coast battened down on Tuesday (Mar 4) for what could be the first ...

Mapped: Cyclone Alfred path as it churns towards Brisbane - Alfred is 600km east of the Queensland-New South Wales border, ...

A heavily populated stretch of Australia’s eastern coast battened down Tuesday for what could be the first tropical cyclone ...

More than 4 million people are in the firing line of Tropical Cyclone Alfred as it tracks towards the south-east Queensland ...

A cyclone watch has been issued for the first time since 1990 in NSW, as residents are warned Tropical Cyclone Alfred could ...

Cruise ships along the Southeastern Queensland coast of Australia are being forced to alter their itineraries as Tropical ...

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The south-east is at risk of potentially deadly flooding as the Queensland premier and Brisbane lord mayor urge residents to ...

Tropical Cyclone Alfred is located 560 km east of Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast and gale force winds are expected to ...