Brisbane is "unlikely" to see destructive winds with Cyclone Alfred forecast to weaken to a category one system as it moves ...

Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred has been downgraded to a tropical low and is currently sitting off Bribie Island, moving slowly north.

Residents in Queensland's south-east has been warned of life-threatening flooding that will be caused by intense rain before and after Tropical Cyclone Alfred's landfall.

Alfred is forecast to make landfall near Brisbane, the capital of Queensland and Australia’s third largest city.

Tropical Cyclone Alfred has slowed its approach and is now expected to cross the south-east Queensland coast on Friday afternoon.

Tropical Cyclone Alfred is located 560 km east of Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast and gale force winds are expected to ...

Residents in Cyclone Alfred’s danger zone have been warned they only have hours to escape, while there are fears an entire coastal city in northern NSW will be inundated with water.

The BOM said this could lead to “some intensification ... sitting about 465 kilometres east of Brisbane and moving west towards the coastline at 11km/h. The Bureau of Meteorology has ...

Australia’s east coast is bracing for tidal surges, intense rainfall, strong winds and flooding as a cyclone is expected to ...

Authorities are telling residents to prepare now for wet, windy and wild weather — including potential flash flooding — from Wednesday till the weekend.

Credit: BoM During Wednesday, Alfred picked up speed and was moving towards the coast at 11km/h. By nightfall, Alfred had slowed to 7km/h and was 365 kilometres east of Brisbane and moving northwest.

But can people trust the predictions of amateur forecasters analysing a threat such as Cyclone Alfred compared with the staff of the BoM? Hinterdorfer reckons they can, boasting that though ...