At least 300,000 people in Australia's Queensland state were without power today after ex-cyclone Alfred lashed the area with fierce winds and heavy flooding.
The formerly named Tropical Cyclone Alfred was expected to become the first cyclone to cross the Australian coast near the Queensland state capital of Brisbane since 1974. But it weakened to a tropical low yesterday - defined as carrying sustained winds of less than 63kph (39mph) fore later making landfall.
