Tropical Cyclone Alfred is slowing down ... Gold Coast acting mayor Donna Gates said in terms of destructive winds and heavy rain, the city hasn’t seen anything like this since 1952.

The wind has been kicking up along the Gold Coast and so too has the swell. But while authorities have been warning residents to stay indoors as Cyclone Alfred approaches, die-hard surfers have ...

A lifeguard tower is surrounded by heavy seas following Cyclone Alfred on the Gold Coast, Australia, on Saturday, March 8, 2025. - Dave Hunt/AAP/AP Onlookers watch hazardous waves on March 7, 2025 ...

Tropical Cyclone Alfred had been expected to become the first cyclone to cross the Australian coast near the Queensland state capital of Brisbane, Australia’s third-most populous city, since 1974.

The storm system would have been the first cyclone to impact Australia's east coast since 1974 but weakened to a tropical storm with sustained winds of less than 39 mph near Queensland on Saturday.

Tropical Cyclone Alfred is forecast to cross the Queensland state coast somewhere between the Sunshine Coast region and the city of Gold Coast to the south early Saturday, Bureau of Meteorology ...

Tropical Cyclone Alfred is expected to make landfall early Saturday with the strength of an Atlantic tropical storm. ... The Gold Coast City Council warned of fines of $10,000 ...

Tropical Cyclone Alfred has maintained strength into Wednesday morning at 105 kmh. The storm’s turned to the west and is heading towards land, due to cross between Brisbane and the Gold Coast.

Cyclone Alfred, which weakened to a tropical low weather system on Saturday, ... On the Gold Coast, the sea had carved 4 to 6 meter (13 to 19 foot) cliffs into the sand, ...

On the Gold Coast, the sea had carved 4- to 6-meter (13- to 19-foot) cliffs into the sand, undermining the foundations of beachside platforms. Alfred was the most southerly cyclone to threaten the ...