Alfred is expected to become the first cyclone to cross the coast near Brisbane since Cyclone Zoe hit Gold Coast in 1974 and brought widespread flooding.

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

On Thursday, Alfred was 245km east of Brisbane, 230km east-northeast of the Gold Coast, moving west-northwest at just 7kmph, according to an update from the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) at 5pm ...

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

As of 1pm on Wednesday, the cyclone was 335 kilometres east of Brisbane, moving towards the coast about 16km/h. Bureau of Meteorology Brisbane manager Matthew Collopy said damaging winds of up to ...

The Gold Coast has been particularly smashed, with almost 80,000 homes and businesses affected. Some of those have been without power on and off for a whole day already.