A tropical cyclone On Saturday weakened to a tropical low weather system when the Brisbane, the third most densely populated city of Australia, approached, which brought floods to the coastal region.
Tropical Cyclone Alfred was expected to be the first cyclone on Saturday to cross the Eastern Australian coast Close to the capital of Queensland since 1974.
On Friday it moved to the west to Brisbane with persistent winds near the center of 59 km / h and winds up to 81 mph.
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But it was weakened early Saturday into a tropical low point, which is defined as wearing persistent winds of less than 39 mph.
The system is expected to cross the coast north of Brisbane between Bribie Island and the Sunshine Coast region later on Saturday, said the Bureau of Meteorology.
An electronic board warns Van Cyclone on an empty highway in Brisbane, Australia, Friday 7 March 2025. (Jono Searle/AAP image via AP)
Cyclones are common in the tropical north of Queensland, but are rare in the moderate and densely populated southeastern corner of the state borders on the state of New South Wales.
“Despite its weakening and moving land entry, it is expected that heavy rainfall and surf effects in the coast will continue on Southeast -Queensland and Noordoost -Snew South Wales,” the desk said in a statement.
Rivers were flooding In Queensland and New South Wales after days of heavy rainfall, the desk said. In New South Wales, 39 people were saved from flood waters and a man remained missing after he had been swept a river on Friday, officials said.
More than 19,000 people have been evacuated from low -lying houses.
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More than 250,000 houses and companies had lost power in the region, usually in Gold Coast City south of Brisbane.
