With ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred approaching, the Gold Coast's decades-old hidden rock wall acts as the city's line of defence against a surging ocean, according to an engineering expert. For about ...

Before and after pictures of Australia’s east coast show the true scale of devastation caused by Tropical Cyclone Alfred. ... 80% of Gold Coast’s beaches, according to city mayor Tom Tate.

Tropical Cyclone Alfred was downgraded to a tropical low weather system Saturday as it closed in on Brisbane, Australia. Over 19,000 people have been evacuated, and one remains missing.

Ex-tropical cyclone Alfred makes trail of destruction on Gold Coast. Homes ravaged, construction sites torn apart and trees ripped from the ground.

Acting Gold Coast Mayor Donna Gates said residents still had time to prepare for the category 2 cyclone, but that would soon change and the city could face the worst when Alfred makes landfall ...

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 is now 465km east of Brisbane and 430km east of the Gold Coast as a category two system, according to the latest update from the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM).

There are 400 kilometres of canals on the Gold Coast – more than in Venice or Amsterdam – and thousands of residents living along them are expected to face the brunt of Tropical Cyclone Alfred.

Most weather models are in agreement that Tropical Cyclone Alfred is on a collision course with a highly populated stretch of the Queensland coast. EVERYTHING WE KNOW The Bureau of Meteorology ...

With more than 4 million people lying in its path, Tropical Cyclone Alfred will be the first cyclone to cross the coast near Brisbane, the country's third most populous city, since Cyclone Zoe hit ...

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.