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Cyclone Alfred brings waves and rain to regions to eastern Australia.

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By SRI NewsDesk Published March 7, 2025
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Storm that moves slowly Although it is expected to reach land on Friday or early Saturday, gusts are already causing power outages.

Tropical Cyclone Alfred has started to batter Australia’s east coast, bringing record-breaking waves and copious amounts of rain to a densely populated area that is rarely struck by such storms. In certain places, evacuation orders have been issued.

As the area prepares for the first storm to hit eastern Australia since 1947, schools have been closed and public transportation has been suspended.

On Thursday afternoon, Alfred was 155 miles (250 km) east of Brisbane, but government forecasters cautioned that it was becoming harder to predict its “erratic” crawl towards the mainland.

At first, Alfred was expected to land late Thursday. However, it was now more likely that the slow-moving storm, which was only churning at 7 kilometers per hour (4 miles per hour), would make landfall late Friday or early Saturday.

The power firm Essential Energy reports that over 10,000 households and businesses in the northern region of the state of New South Wales (NSW) have lost power as a result of the cyclone’s devastation. On Thursday afternoon, severe winds toppled trees and damaged power cables.

Due to the possibility of flooding around 9 p.m. (11:00 GMT) on Thursday, the NSW State Emergency Service has also issued evacuation orders for some areas of the state.

Along a 400-kilometer (250-miles) stretch of coastline that is predicted to see the storm’s worst, almost four seeing gales developing on the coastal fringe”.

There have been strong swells and enormous waves. Alfred’s presence in the Coral Sea generates a significant amount of wave energy.

The greatest swell ever detected by the monitoring station was a 12.4-meter (40-foot) wave that was recorded on the Gold Coast south of Brisbane.

Fearless surfers disregarded the possibility of US$10,000 fines for “reckless behavior” and went out to catch the supercharged waves.

The idea that someone would be so foolish really astounds me. “It’s a huge act of stupidity”, said Donna Gates, the interim mayor of the Gold Coast.

According to the weather bureau, Alfred is predicted to land close to Brisbane, Australia’s third-largest city.

“Many individuals are in danger right now. We are discussing approximately 4.5 million Australians”, stated Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers.

Cyclones rarely occur in cooler waters further south, but they are abundant in the tropical oceans that lap Australia’s northern shore.

Climate change increases the likelihood of natural disasters including floods, cyclones, and bushfires, according to several warnings from researchers.

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