The eastern coast of Australia beaten by Alfred’s deadly winds, heavy rain | Weather News
Damage to winds and lush rains from Alfred continues the devastation in the Australian Queensland region.
The rains and torrents of rain were caused by widespread electricity disappearances and launched flashes in parts of the Australian East Coast, with one killed person and a dozen soldiers.
After a few days, hovering from the coast as a tropical cyclone of category 2 and hitting the coast of 400 km (250 miles), Alfred weakened significantly Sunday, but he still left significant disorders in his path.
About 316,540 people were without electricity from Sunday in Southeast Queensland, where the city of Gold Coast was the worst shot, Energex Energy Distributor said in a statement.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday that “the situation in Queensland and the north of the new South Wales remains very serious due to floods and strong winds.”
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In the Bay of Hovey, Queensland, more than 230 mm (9 inch) of rain) was recorded at just six o’clock on Sunday morning, State Prime Minister David Crisafulli said.
“We have seen that the highlight in the reports of floods is flashes in homes and in companies,” CrisaFully quoted in the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper.
News.com.au reported that the emergency services in Hovey Bay have made multiple rescue “in one of their worst weather emergency cases in the area.”
The Australian Meteorology Office said that heavy rain developed on Sunday, which could cause a flash flood and could affect Brisbane, as well as the Queensland regional centers of Ipswich, Sunshine Coast and Gympie.
In the country, there were also harmful winds with raids of about 90 km/h (60mph), the office said on its website.
The Brisbane Airport was reopened on Sunday, but announced on X that “time in progress can affect the schedule.”
Queensland will later decide on Sunday whether about 1,000 state schools closed due to bad weather will reopen on Monday.
The neighboring country of New South Wales (NSW) confirmed that all public schools that were closed on Friday will be closed again on Monday.
On Saturday, one man died in a flood in the north of the NSW.
Meanwhile, 13 Australian Soldiers Defense Forces on their way to help residents in the city of NSW Lismore were injured in a road collision, the officials said. According to Sydney Morning Herald, two soldiers remain in serious condition.
Alfred is the first cyclone cross the eastern Australian coast Near the capital of Queensland in Brisbane since 1974.
