Hundreds of thousands of people in Queensland and New South Wales are without power after Alfred, a downgraded tropical cyclone, brought strong winds and heavy rains, sparking BoM flood warnings. The Fraser Coast, particularly Hervey Bay, was hit with 300mm of rain. ‘It has been a very difficult 24 hours for Hervey Bay,’ the Queensland premier, David Crisafulli, said, adding there has been ‘significant’ damage to the coastal community. The NSW premier, Chris Minns, had some good news amid the continuing natural disaster, saying all but one evacuation notice have been downgraded around the town of Lismore, which bore the brunt of the 2022 floods