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Track rainfall and wind speeds in the wake of ex-Cyclone Alfred

By Simon Elvery, Ben Spraggon, Julian Fell and Margaret Burin

Ex-Cyclone Alfred made landfall on Saturday evening, with the focus now on flash flooding and high rainfall totals in parts of New South Wales and Queensland.

Over 450,000 properties, stretching from the Fraser Coast to the New South Wales border, lost power due to the historic weather system, marking the largest number of power outages in Queensland's history caused by a natural disaster.

By midday on Monday, power had been restored to over half of these homes and businesses, with nearly 100,000 reconnected on Sunday night.

Energex, south-east Queensland poles-and-wires company, says it is on track to have 75 per cent of impacted properties reconnected by Wednesday night, 95 per cent by Friday night, and the remaining properties in the hardest-hit areas by late Sunday.

Brisbane recorded its heaviest rainfall since Cyclone Wanda in 1974, with significant totals across the region since 9am Wednesday. Kangaroo Point saw 471mm, Brisbane Airport 355mm and Coolangatta recorded 487mm.

In Hervey Bay, residents experienced particularly severe storms, with 100mm of rain in just one hour early Sunday morning. The flash flooding that followed inundated homes. The region recorded a total of 346mm since 9am Wednesday.

New South Wales also faced heavy rain, with Lismore Airport receiving 381mm and Grafton Airport 371mm.

We're tracking how much rain has fallen, as well as wind speeds at key weather stations in Queensland and New South Wales throughout the day and night — refresh to see updates.

  • Wind speeds in Queensland
  • Wind speeds in New South Wales
  • Rain in Queensland
  • Rain in New South Wales

    • Please note:

  • Locations are listed from north to south.
  • Rainfall totals are accumulated from 9am on Wednesday, March 5 and are updated regularly.
  • Wind speeds shown are maximum gusts reported by the Bureau of Meteorology. Labels show the highest and latest points on each chart.

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    ABC