Alfred reaches mainland Queensland
The Bureau of Meteorology says the centre of Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred reached mainland Queensland above Brisbane around 9pm local time. The Bom says the tropical low is now expected to move inland more rapidly overnight tonight while weakening.
The Bom is still warning that damaging wind gusts are occurring about Moreton Bay and extending into some northern Brisbane suburbs due to a southeasterly wind surge interacting with the ex-tropical cyclone.
It says “heavy rainfall is likely to continue over southeast Queensland and northeast New South Wales during the weekend”.
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That’s it from me, Hamish Mackay, and my Guardian colleagues for the evening. We’re pausing our live coverage. Thanks for reading.
Here is a summary of what we know so far about ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred:
The centre of Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred made landfall around 8pm local time over Bribie Island, and moved west onto the mainland around 9pm, according to the BoM’s latest update. The bureau says the storm is expected to move inland more rapidly overnight while weakening.
More than 350,000 properties are without power across Queensland and NSW as ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred hit eastern Australia.
Energex has indicated that full power restoration may take more than a week for south-east Queensland, where about 321,600 properties remain without power.
In northern NSW, roughly 31,000 are impacted by power outages.
Emergency services have been responding to a collision between two army trucks near Lismore. Some 36 people were involved, 13 of whom were injured.
Government minister Matt Keogh said he could not provide further details on the injured as it was an “evolving situation”.
Heavy rainfall is set to continue across south-east Queensland and northern NSW during the weekend. Both regions are on high alert for flooding, particularly at Lismore.
In NSW, dozens of emergency warnings remain in place, with thousands under evacuation notices. Only one emergency warning remains in place for Queensland.
The body of a man has been found in NSW, believed to be that of a 61-year-old who was swept into flood waters near Dorrigo yesterday afternoon.
To those in the impacted areas, please take care and look after yourself, and those around you.
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