Millions of residents along Australia’s eastern coast are bracing for the arrival of a very slow-moving storm, the strongest tropical cyclone to threaten the region in more than 50 years.

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Tropical Cyclone Alfred has weakened into a tropical low weather system but officials warned that the storm can still bring severe winds and flooding to the eastern coast of Australia. The cyclone ...

People living in the projected path of the cyclone have been asked to “act now” and evacuate before the situation gets worse. Prime minister Anthony Albanese has urged the public to “be ...

transcript Dangerous conditions brought on by Tropical Cyclone Alfred’s destructive winds and flooding have caused thousands of people to evacuate on Australia’s eastern coasts, and the storm ...

At 4am AEST on Tuesday, Tropical Cyclone Alfred is expected to become a category two storm. Gales with damaging wind gusts of up to 120 kilometres per hour are expected to develop along the coast ...