Cyclone Alfred weakens as it closes in on Australia's east coast

A tropical cyclone weakened to a tropical debased upwind strategy connected Saturday arsenic it approached Brisbane, Australia’s third-most populous city, bringing flooding rainfall to the coastal region.

Tropical Cyclone Alfred had been expected to go connected Saturday the archetypal cyclone to transverse the east Australian coast adjacent the Queensland authorities superior since 1974.

On Friday, it was moving westbound toward Brisbane with sustained winds adjacent its halfway of 59 mph and gusting to 81 mph.

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But it had weakened aboriginal Saturday to a tropical low, which is defined arsenic carrying sustained winds of little than 39 mph.

The strategy was expected to transverse the seashore northbound of Brisbane betwixt Bribie Island and the Sunshine Coast portion aboriginal Saturday, the Bureau of Meteorology said.

An physics motion warns of cyclone connected an bare freeway successful Brisbane, Australia, Friday, March 7, 2025. (Jono Searle/AAP Image via AP)

Cyclones are communal successful Queensland’s tropical northbound but are uncommon successful the state’s temperate and densely populated southeast country that borders New South Wales state.

"Despite its weakening and moving inland, dense rainfall and coastal surf impacts are expected to proceed implicit southeast Queensland and northeast New South Wales during the weekend," the bureau said successful a statement.

Rivers were flooding successful Queensland and New South Wales aft days of dense rain, the bureau said. In New South Wales, 39 radical had been rescued from flood waters and a antheral remained missing aft being swept down a stream connected Friday, officials said.

More than 19,000 radical person been evacuated from low-lying homes.

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More than 250,000 homes and businesses had mislaid powerfulness successful the region, mostly successful Gold Coast metropolis southbound of Brisbane.