More than 300,000 homes and businesses are without power and residents are bracing for heavy rain and flooding after ex-Cyclone Alfred made landfall on Saturday night.
The system arrived on Australia’s mainland coast at 9pm on Saturday, local time, crossing between Brisbane and Maroochydore, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
Earlier, the cyclone had been downgraded to a tropical low. It is now a weak low and moving inland.