Australia ordered thousands of people in the oriental regions to come out before the tropical cyclone Alfred hit the ground next Saturday (8), as the storm brought heavy rains, huge waves and strong winds that cut the power of more than 80,000 people, flooded beaches and closed airports.
Alfred’s slow progress towards the coast has a concern that he could bring a long period of heavy rainfall and should reach the Earth as a storm of category 2 north of Brisbane, Australia’s third most populous city, the metereology department said.
“The homeless centers are the last resource,” said Queensland Prime Minister David Crisafulli at a news conference on Friday, adding that dozens were opened.
Wind gusts of more than 100 km/h reached the coastal regions of the states of Queensland and New South Wales at night.
The storm moved slowly to the west at 120 km from Brisbane and 85 km from the tourist city Gold Coast, reported the meteorological service.
She brought turbulence that cut energy calls to more than 80,000 homes in both states, registered electricity companies, about half of them in Gold Coast.
Television images showed surfers on huge waves and people walking near the beaches, forcing authorities to warn residents to stay in closed environments or get ready to leave.
“This is not a time for sightseeing or to see what it is like to experience these conditions firsthand,” said Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. “Please be safe. Be sensible. ”
Albanese announced that 120 defense agents would help emergency teams in rescue and help efforts.
Impact of floods
Strong rains have totaled over 400 mm of rain in some parts of the northern new South Wales in the last 48 hours, exceeding the total average of March, showed the data, while residents struggled to save properties from the risk of flooding.
Southern New Wales entrepreneur Thomas Gough was busy stacking sand bags at his store in Lismore, a rural city about 700 km north of Sydney, devastated by large floods by 2022.
Brisbane airport closed operations on Thursday (6) and the city suspended public transportation.
More than a thousand schools in southeastern Queensland and 280 in the north of new South Wales were closed.
Authorities described Alfred as a “very rare event” for Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, which was last hit by a cyclone over half a century in 1974.
The city of about 2.7 million inhabitants almost suffered from cyclones in 1990 and 2019.
This content was originally published in rare cyclone in Australia already leaves more than 80 thousand without light while progressing on CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
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