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1 month ago | 
townsvillebulletin.com.au | Andreas Nicola |Iwan Jones |Mikaela Mulveney |Greg Stolz
Pockets of South East Queensland households without electricity for days are now out of water as they plead for Energex to reconnect homes based on need — rather than just sheer numbers. Households which rely on tank or bore water — including in Redland Bay — have been without power since Friday and thus unable to pump the water they need and may need to wait until Saturday for electricity.
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1 month ago | 
cairnspost.com.au | Andreas Nicola |Iwan Jones |Mikaela Mulveney |Greg Stolz
Pockets of South East Queensland households without electricity for days are now out of water as they plead for Energex to reconnect homes based on need — rather than just sheer numbers. Households which rely on tank or bore water — including in Redland Bay — have been without power since Friday and thus unable to pump the water they need and may need to wait until Saturday for electricity.
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1 month ago | 
townsvillebulletin.com.au | Greg Stolz |Mikaela Mulveney
Ipswich is facing its latest flood disaster, with parts of the city underwater and the Bremer River forecast to reach its 2017 flood peak of 12.35m in the CBD overnight. To the west, Laidley was inundated and flood sirens activated at Grantham, which was devastated by the 2011 floods, but the waters had begun to recede by late MondaySpeaking on Monday morning, Premier David Crisafulli said the flood threat in Ipswich and the Lockyer Valley was a major concern.
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1 month ago | 
cairnspost.com.au | Greg Stolz |Mikaela Mulveney
Ipswich is facing its latest flood disaster, with parts of the city underwater and the Bremer River forecast to reach its 2017 flood peak of 12.35m in the CBD overnight. To the west, Laidley was inundated and flood sirens activated at Grantham, which was devastated by the 2011 floods, but the waters had begun to recede by late MondaySpeaking on Monday morning, Premier David Crisafulli said the flood threat in Ipswich and the Lockyer Valley was a major concern.
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1 month ago | 
heraldsun.com.au | Mikaela Mulveney |Rose Innes |Samantha Scott |Andreas Nicola |Thomas Chamberlin |Iwan Jones | +1 more
Brisbane homes were starting to lose power and planes struggling to land at the airport as the unpredictable Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred delivered category 1 cyclonic wind. Despite Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner on Saturday morning claiming Brisbane “dodged a bullet” overnight as the weather system weakened, Alfred reintensified by 8pm.
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1 month ago | 
cairnspost.com.au | Mikaela Mulveney |Ayla Connolly |Judith Kerr
With less than 24 hours before Tropical Cyclone Alfred arrives on the South East Queensland coast, residents are scrambling for last minute supplies. While many retailers have closed in the most severely impacted areas, some have remained open but are expected to close earlier than normal.
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1 month ago | 
townsvillebulletin.com.au | Mikaela Mulveney |Ayla Connolly |Judith Kerr
With less than 24 hours before Tropical Cyclone Alfred arrives on the South East Queensland coast, residents are scrambling for last minute supplies. While many retailers have closed in the most severely impacted areas, some have remained open but are expected to close earlier than normal.
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1 month ago | 
cairnspost.com.au | Mikaela Mulveney |Samantha Scott |Thomas Chamberlin |Shayla Bulloch
Tropical Cyclone Alfred could take six hours to cross when it eventually arrives, after its expected landfall time was pushed back again. The erratic system is set to dump rain over the southeast for at least two days. Premier David Crisafulli urged South East Queenslanders not to be complacent after Alfred stalled off the coast of Brisbane.
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1 month ago | 
townsvillebulletin.com.au | Mikaela Mulveney |Samantha Scott |Thomas Chamberlin |Shayla Bulloch
Tropical Cyclone Alfred could take six hours to cross when it eventually arrives, after its expected landfall time was pushed back again. The erratic system is set to dump rain over the southeast for at least two days. Premier David Crisafulli urged South East Queenslanders not to be complacent after Alfred stalled off the coast of Brisbane.
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1 month ago | 
cairnspost.com.au | Thomas Chamberlin |Samantha Scott |Shayla Bulloch |Mikaela Mulveney
Authorities warn South East Queenslanders should bunker down at home and those with no other option should head to evacuation centres as Tropical Cyclone Alfred brings destructive winds and flooding. The first cyclone to hit the region in 50 years could yet strengthen into a category 3 system before it makes landfall, which was on Wednesday night predicted to be sometime on Friday.
