Hundreds of thousands of Australians lose power as Tropical Cyclone Alfred makes landfall

(CLO) Hundreds of thousands of people in Queensland, Australia lost power on Sunday after Tropical Storm Alfred made landfall, bringing strong winds and heavy rain, causing flood warnings.

According to information from energy distributor Energex, about 316,540 people in southeast Queensland lost power, of which the Gold Coast city was the most affected with more than 112,000 people without power.

Low pressure from tropical storm Alfred makes landfall on the coast. Photo: X

Tropical Cyclone Alfred reached the Queensland coast on Saturday as a "tropical depression" after 16 days of storm activity.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday that “the situation in Queensland and northern New South Wales remains very serious due to flash flooding and strong winds.” He warned that heavy rain, strong winds and damaging ocean waves were expected to continue in the coming days.

Australia's Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting heavy rain that could cause flash flooding and could impact Brisbane and Queensland regional centres such as Ipswich, the Sunshine Coast and Gympie. Strong winds of around 90 km/h are also possible.

Brisbane Airport announced it had reopened on Sunday, but warned that "continuing weather may impact schedules".

Emergency services have received more than 8,000 calls for assistance and carried out more than 30 flood rescues. More than 20,000 people have been ordered to evacuate and about 31,400 homes are on flood alert.

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