Alfred is expected to become the first cyclone to cross the coast near Brisbane since Cyclone Zoe hit Gold Coast in 1974 and brought widespread flooding.

However, she cautioned that the region is not yet in the clear, with up to 200mm rain forecast to hit some areas. Damaging waves were also forecast for tonight, she said. “So we are not out of ...

The system is expected to make landfall between the Gold Coast and southern parts of the Wide Bay region as a category ... coast in half a century. This map was issued by the Bureau of Meteorology ...