Cyclone Alfred Downgraded To Tropical Low As It Nears Australia

The real threat now is from that locally heavy-to-intense rainfall, which may lead to flash and riverine flooding,

Mr Collopy said

There remains a real risk of flooding in the days ahead, but this isn’t anything that this part of the state hasn’t dealt with before,

Crisafulli said

The centre of Alfred is over the Moreton (Bay) islands right now,

senior forecaster Dean Narramore of the Bureau of Meteorology told ABC Radio shortly after 1am Brisbane time (2am AEDT).

I want to thank the people in a largely populated area, the vast majority of whom have never been through a cyclone before,

Crisafulli said on Saturday

Residents are reminded every severe weather event is different and rainfall is difficult to predict,

the council wrote on social media

Despite its weakening, heavy rainfall is likely to continue over southeast Queensland and northeast New South Wales during the weekend,

the bureau of meteorology said

Anthony Albaneseprime Minister

While it has been downgraded, very serious risks remain so it is important that people do not take this downgrading as a reason for complacency,

Albanese told a news conference

The man was swept from the tree and seen to go beneath the water where he has not been sighted since,

police said in a statement

It is still quite possible that it will reach the levee and then go over the top,

he said