Hundreds of thousands of Australians without authority as an Alfred Lashes Queensland Storm
Hundreds of thousands of people in the Australian State of Queensland were on Sunday without electricity after Alfred, a reduced tropical cyclone, brought harmful winds and heavy rain, causing floods.
About 316,540 people were without electricity in the southeast of Queensland, where the city of Gold Coast was the worst goal with more than 112,000 without electricity due to the stormy system, the Energy Energy Distributor said in a statement.
The Storm reached the Queensland coast on Saturday as a “tropical low” after 16 days as a cyclone, which prompted the preparation of millions of inhabitants. The capital of the Brisbane State spared the head of the Storm, which was also felt in the southern neighbor, New South Wales.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday that “the situation in Queensland and the north of the new South Wales remains very serious because of the flash and strong winds.”
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The National Meteorology Office said that heavy rain developed on Sunday that could cause a flood flash and could affect Brisbane, as well as the Queensland regional centers of Ipswich, Sunshine Coast and Gympie, it was listed.
In the country, there were also harmful winds with a rush of about 90 km/h, Biro said on his website.
“Now it’s just a weak low because it continues to move further in the interior through the southeast Queensland, bringing a lot of rain,” said the Dean Narramore Meteorologist.
The Brisbane Airport is reopened on Sunday, but posted on X that “time in progress can affect the schedule.”
Queensland will decide on Sunday whether about 1,000 state schools closed due to bad weather will reopen on Monday, said State Prime Minister David Crisafulli.
“Where this is sure, schools will reopen, with the exception of Gold Coast, where significant damage remains. Loss of energy and transportation problems,” Crisafulli said in television comments from Brisbane.
“One thing remained consistent, which is the spirit of the community and determination,” he said.
On Saturday, a man died in flooded water in northern Novi South Wales, while two Australian defense forces were on the way to help residents in the city of Lismore, interfered with a road on a road that injured several officials, officials said.
