Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has cautioned that the fallout from a vicious tropical storm over the weekend was “far from over.”

Over the weekend, residents of Brisbane, Australia, were bracing for the impact of Tropical Cyclone Alfred. The storm was downgraded to a tropical low, and made landfall on the mainland on Saturday. It was the first storm of its kind in the area in 51 years.

Drone footage shows flood rescues in Australia after heavy rains caused by Cyclone Alfred:: Queensland Fire and Rescue:: March 10, 2025:: Palmwoods, Australia:: Bunya Creek, AustraliaThe Queensland Fire and Rescue Swiftwater Rescue attended to over 150 water incidents and evacuations across the south east of the state in the last 24 hours,

Australian energy firms raced on Tuesday to reconnect more than 120,000 homes and businesses still blacked out by gales and floods that bashed the country's east coast. Cyclone Alfred, which hovered just offshore before making landfall as a tropical low last Saturday,

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.

The slow-moving tropical storm, named Alfred, is on track to bring dangerous winds and flooding along the coast of Queensland and New South Wales, including Brisbane.

Tropical Cyclone Alfred is expected to cross the southeast Queensland coast late this Thursday as a Category 2 storm. The last tropical cyclone to make landfall in the region was ex-Tropical Cyclone Zoe in 1974, half a century ago.