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Before and after pictures of Australia’s east ... to be gone – 80% of Gold Coast’s beaches, according to city mayor Tom Tate. Much of it was gone before Cyclone Alfred even hit, giving ...

Millions of residents along Australia’s eastern coast are ... the worst of Cyclone Alfred could be felt south of the storm’s eye, along popular tourist beaches from the Gold Coast to northern ...

Cyclones typically affect the northern regions of Australia. The last time a cyclone hit the Gold Coast region was in 1974. Brisbane is the third most populous city in Australia, and the south has ...

around half of them in Gold Coast. Australia is bracing for a rare east coast tropical cyclone headed towards Brisbane, its third-most populous city, with authorities urging residents to evacuate.

Australians may soon be paying more for a litre of milk at the shops, as dairy farmers look to rebuild following the devastating floods which have swept across northern NSW.

Cyclone Alfred is set to bring damaging winds and heavy rain to Australia's central east coast ... The BBC's Katy Watson spoke to residents on the Gold Coast as they prepared for its impact.

The Gold Coast City Council warned of fines ... from shattering as the outer fringe of Tropical Cyclone Alfred started whipping eastern Australia, at Point Danger in Coolangatta on March 6 ...