Hundreds of thousands of people in the state of Queensland in Australia were unable to be on Sunday after Alfred, a lowered tropical cyclone, provided harmful winds and heavy rains, causing flood notices.
About 316,540 people were unbeatable in Southeast of Queensland, where the city on the Gold Coast was the worst hit area with more than 112,000 without energy due to the storm system, Aerrex said in a statement in a statement.
The storm reached the Costa de Queensland on Saturday as a « tropical minimum » after 16 days as a cyclone, causing preparations for millions of residents. The Brisbane State Capital saved the storm, which was also heard in the neighbor of the southern New South Wales.
The Prime Minister, Anthony Albananese, said on Sunday that the « situation in Queensland and north of New South Wales is still very serious due to flood and strong winds. »
« Strong rainfall, windshots and coastal surfing impacts are expected to continue in the coming days, » Albananese told Canberra, in remarks televised by the Australian Broadcasting Corp.
The Nation Meteorology Office said that heavy rainfall that could cause Flash floods were developed on Sunday and could affect Brisbane, as well as the Queensland regional centers of Ipswich, Sunshine Coast and Gympie.
The detrimental winds with gusts of about 90 km/h were also possible in the State, said the office on its website.
« It is now only a minimum, as it continues to move inland in the south -East of Queensland, causing a lot of rain, » said Office Meteorologist Dean Narmorore.
Brisbane Airport was reopened on Sunday, but published in X that « continuous time can affect the calendar ».
Queensland will decide on Sunday as to whether about 1,000 state schools, closed due to bad weather, will be reopened on Monday, said Prime Minister of State, David Crispafulli.
« Where it is safe to do it, schools will be reopened with the exception of the Gold Coast, where there is some significant damage. The loss of power and the problems with transportation, » said CrispaFulli in Brisbane televised comments.
« One thing remained consistent, and this is the spirit of the community and the resolution, » he said.
On Saturday, a man died in the flood waters in the north of New South Wales, while two vehicles of the Australian Defense Force en route to help residents in the city of Lismore were involved in a road collision that injured several officers, according to officials.
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