{"id":239162,"date":"2025-03-06T11:45:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T08:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pogodnik.com\/?p=239162"},"modified":"2025-03-06T11:48:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T08:48:36","slug":"cyclone-alfred-s-coming-brisbane-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pogodnik.com\/en\/news\/cyclone-alfred-s-coming-brisbane-2025","title":{"rendered":"Cyclone Alfred\u2019s Coming: Brisbane\u2019s Drowning and Surfers Are Chasing Killer Waves 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Brisbane\u2019s Drowning and Surfers Are Chasing Killer Waves<\/h1>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-239166\" src=\"https:\/\/pogodnik.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Brisbane.webp\" alt=\"Cyclone Alfreds\" width=\"1586\" height=\"938\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pogodnik.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Brisbane.webp 1586w, https:\/\/pogodnik.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=300,height=177,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Brisbane.webp 300w, https:\/\/pogodnik.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=600,height=355,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Brisbane.webp 600w, https:\/\/pogodnik.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=768,height=454,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Brisbane.webp 768w, https:\/\/pogodnik.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1536,height=908,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Brisbane.webp 1536w, https:\/\/pogodnik.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=150,height=89,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Brisbane.webp 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1586px) 100vw, 1586px\" \/><br \/>\nWhat\u2019s Happening with Cyclone Alfred in Australia (as of 6 March 2025):<\/h2>\n<p>Tropical Cyclone Alfred, a slow-moving beast, is bearing down on southeast Queensland\u2019s coast, including Brisbane\u2014Australia\u2019s third-biggest city with about 2.7 million people. Right now, it\u2019s lurking about 240 klicks (150 miles) offshore, but its outer edges are already smashing the east coast with monster waves and howling winds. The weather boffins reckon Alfred\u2019ll hit land late Friday night or early Saturday morn, making it the first cyclone to slam this region since 1974.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Cyclone Alfred\u2019s Coming: Brisbane\u2019s Drowning and Surfers Are Chasing Killer Waves 2025<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xtqe2uWrkc\">https:\/\/t.co\/Xtqe2uWrkc<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CycloneAlfred?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CycloneAlfred<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/storm?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#storm<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Brisbane?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Brisbane<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Australia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Australia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hOAJs7fNIh\">pic.twitter.com\/hOAJs7fNIh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 City Weather (@ukcityweather) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ukcityweather\/status\/1897569870004334639?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>What\u2019s Going Down on the Coast:<\/h2>\n<p>Massive Waves and Mad Surfers: Beaches like Coolangatta are copping waves up to 10 metres\u2014highest ever seen round here. Despite the warnings, heaps of surfers are out there riding these \u201ccyclone killers,\u201d with crowds lining up to watch the show.<br \/>\nPrep Mode On: In Brisbane and nearby spots, over 900 schools are shut, public transport\u2019s canned, and a few airports are grounded. Locals are clearing out supermarket shelves and queuing for sandbags to save their homes from the flood.<br \/>\nStorm Surge Threat: Winds up to 150 km\/h (95 mph) and a cracking storm surge could swamp low-lying areas, putting tens of thousands of houses in the firing line.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-239163\" src=\"https:\/\/pogodnik.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Brisbane_5.webp\" alt=\"Cyclone Alfred\" width=\"1551\" height=\"1064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pogodnik.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Brisbane_5.webp 1551w, https:\/\/pogodnik.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=300,height=206,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Brisbane_5.webp 300w, https:\/\/pogodnik.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=600,height=412,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Brisbane_5.webp 600w, https:\/\/pogodnik.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=768,height=527,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Brisbane_5.webp 768w, https:\/\/pogodnik.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1536,height=1054,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Brisbane_5.webp 1536w, https:\/\/pogodnik.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=150,height=103,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Brisbane_5.webp 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1551px) 100vw, 1551px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Forecasts Cyclone Alfred:<\/h3>\n<p>Flood Chaos: With Alfred crawling at just 10 km\/h, the rain and storm surges are gonna hang around, ramping up the chance of massive flooding. Lismore, a town that got smashed by floods in 2022, is in the danger zone again.<br \/>\nWind Damage: Gusts along the coast could rip down powerlines, trees, and anything not bolted down.<br \/>\nEvac Warnings: Authorities are telling folks in Brisbane\u2019s coastal bits and northern New South Wales to get ready to leg it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What the Bigwigs Are Saying:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has promised emergency cash from the feds to help Queensland and New South Wales pick up the pieces after the storm. The Bureau of Meteorology\u2019s keeping a close eye on Alfred\u2019s path, warning its slow pace could make it one of the nastiest cyclones in yonks.<\/p>\n<p>Cyclone Alfred\u2019s set to test Australia\u2019s mettle\u2014from the diehard surfers chasing a thrill to the families bunkering down against the onslaught. Fair dinkum, it\u2019s gonna be a wild ride!<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pogodnik.com\/en\/news\/cyclone-alfred-queensland-s-coast-2025\">Cyclone Alfred<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cyclone Alfred\u2019s set to test Australia\u2019s mettle\u2014from the diehard surfers chasing a thrill to the families bunkering down against the onslaught. Fair dinkum, it\u2019s gonna be a wild ride!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":239163,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,6649],"class_list":["post-239162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-nature-disasters","tag-flood","tag-storm-surges","tag-tropical-cyclone-en"],"acf":[],"wpml_data":{"original_post_id":239162,"trid":"1433972","lang":"en","source_lang":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pogodnik.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pogodnik.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pogodnik.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pogodnik.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pogodnik.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pogodnik.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pogodnik.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pogodnik.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pogodnik.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}