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Brisbane city council flood maps predict the areas where properties are likely to be inundatedTropical Cyclone Alfred LIVE: latest news and updatesHow BoM modelling predicts the path of cyclones like AlfredWhen and where will the cyclone hit? Everything we know so far about TC AlfredGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTropical Cyclone Alfred is forecast to strike densely populated areas of south-east Queensland and north-east New South Wales.

Warning of hazards from ‘erratic’ storm that could make landfall between Friday and Saturday morningTropical Cyclone Alfred LIVE: latest news and updatesHow to prepare for a cycloneWhen and where is Cyclone Alfred likely to hit?Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMillions of people in Queensland have hunkered down while residents in parts of northern New South Wales have been ordered to evacuate as Australia’s east coast prepares for wild weather brought by Tropical Cyclone Alfred.The slow-moving storm is now expected to make landfall in Queensland late on Friday or on Saturday morning, later than was forecast earlier in the week, after the category two system “spun around on itself” and briefly stalled overnight on Wednesday.

Residents in Brisbane and elsewhere along Queensland’s south-east coast, as well as people in northern NSW, are bracing for the tropical cycloneTropical Cyclone Alfred LIVE: latest news and updatesHow to prepare for a cycloneExplainer: Why is it a big deal that Alfred could make landfall near Brisbane?As residents in south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales wait for Tropical Cyclone Alfred’s next move, the Bureau of Meteorology’s regular “track map” will be a source of information for many.But behind the snaking track lines and coloured blobs on the map are more than a hundred scenarios from different computer models that are trying to work out how the system will react to what’s happening in the atmosphere and ocean.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news emailWhat we know so far about Cyclone AlfredWhy is it a big deal that Alfred could make landfall near Brisbane?How to prepare for a cyclone Continue reading...Residents in Brisbane and elsewhere along Queensland’s south-east coast, as well as people in northern NSW, are bracing for the tropical cycloneTropical Cyclone Alfred LIVE: latest news and updatesHow to prepare for a cycloneExplainer: Why is it a big deal that Alfred could make landfall near Brisbane?As residents in south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales wait for Tropical Cyclone Alfred’s next move, the Bureau of Meteorology’s regular “track map” will be a source of information for many.But behind the snaking track lines and coloured blobs on the map are more than a hundred scenarios from different computer models that are trying to work out how the system will react to what’s happening in the atmosphere and ocean.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news emailWhat we know so far about Cyclone AlfredWhy is it a big deal that Alfred could make landfall near Brisbane?How to prepare for a cyclone Continue reading...   

People prepare for wild weather as BoM forecasts storm to hit Queensland early on Saturday, with Brisbane in its pathTropical Cyclone Alfred LIVE: latest news and updatesHow to prepare for a cycloneWhen and where is Cyclone Alfred likely to hit?Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOn Friday morning, meteorologists mapping the trajectory of Tropical Cyclone Alfred were predicting it would make landfall late on Friday or early on Saturday morning somewhere between Noosa and Coolangatta.

Residents in Brisbane and elsewhere along Queensland’s south-east coast, as well as people in northern NSW, are bracing for the tropical cycloneTropical Cyclone Alfred LIVE: latest news and updatesHow to prepare for a cycloneExplainer: Why is it a big deal that Alfred could make landfall near Brisbane?As residents in south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales wait for Tropical Cyclone Alfred’s next move, the Bureau of Meteorology’s regular “track map” will be a source of information for many.But behind the snaking track lines and coloured blobs on the map are more than a hundred scenarios from different computer models that are trying to work out how the system will react to what’s happening in the atmosphere and ocean.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news emailWhen and where is Cyclone Alfred likely to hit?Why is it a big deal that Alfred could make landfall near Brisbane?How to prepare for a cyclone Continue reading...Residents in Brisbane and elsewhere along Queensland’s south-east coast, as well as people in northern NSW, are bracing for the tropical cycloneTropical Cyclone Alfred LIVE: latest news and updatesHow to prepare for a cycloneExplainer: Why is it a big deal that Alfred could make landfall near Brisbane?As residents in south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales wait for Tropical Cyclone Alfred’s next move, the Bureau of Meteorology’s regular “track map” will be a source of information for many.But behind the snaking track lines and coloured blobs on the map are more than a hundred scenarios from different computer models that are trying to work out how the system will react to what’s happening in the atmosphere and ocean.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news emailWhen and where is Cyclone Alfred likely to hit?Why is it a big deal that Alfred could make landfall near Brisbane?How to prepare for a cyclone Continue reading...   

People prepare for wild weather as BoM forecasts storm to hit Queensland early on Saturday, with Brisbane in its pathTropical Cyclone Alfred LIVE: latest news and updatesHow to prepare for a cycloneWhen and where is Cyclone Alfred likely to hit?Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFor almost two weeks Tropical Cyclone Alfred has ambled about the Coral Sea.By Wednesday afternoon, as Alfred’s forecasted landfall loomed, meteorologists mapping the cyclone’s trajectory were predicting it would move directly over Brisbane, with the city roughly aligning with the eye of the storm.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...People prepare for wild weather as BoM forecasts storm to hit Queensland early on Saturday, with Brisbane in its pathTropical Cyclone Alfred LIVE: latest news and updatesHow to prepare for a cycloneWhen and where is Cyclone Alfred likely to hit?Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFor almost two weeks Tropical Cyclone Alfred has ambled about the Coral Sea.By Wednesday afternoon, as Alfred’s forecasted landfall loomed, meteorologists mapping the cyclone’s trajectory were predicting it would move directly over Brisbane, with the city roughly aligning with the eye of the storm.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...