Gold Coast residents told to ‘take shelter now’ as NSW authorities search for man missing in Cyclone Alfred flood waters
by Ben Smee and Andrew Messenger from World news | The Guardian on (#6VR60)
Almost 100,000 homes in Queensland and NSW were without power on Friday evening as cyclone crawled towards the coast
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Millions of people are sheltering from Tropical Cyclone Alfred as it crashes into the coast of south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales bringing destructive winds and heavy rain.
The slow-moving weather system was finally expected to make landfall after speeding up overnight on Friday and into Saturday morning as it moved towards Brisbane.
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