Cyclone Alfred live updates: Brisbane, Queensland and NSW BoM path tracking map; landfall time and category; weather forecasts TC Alfred rain and flooding warnings – latest Australia news

BoM path tracker predicts cyclone off Australia’s coast to make landfall in SE Qld on Saturday morning near Brisbane, with impact to be felt from Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast to Murwillumbah, Byron Bay and Ballina in NSW. Follow live news and the latest updates about Tropical Cyclone Alfred.

Welfare recipients told to perform mutual obligations as cyclone bears down

We have a news story this morning about the impact the cyclone is already having on life in Queensland.

Fallen trees and giant stands of bamboo blocked the single road to our farm until the army and council brought heavy machinery to clear a path some time after.

We were without running water or power for days, maybe weeks, the packing shed a makeshift kitchen where we ate meals cooked off a gas barbecue and drank instant coffee made with rainwater and UHT milk to the hum of a generator.

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