# Millions of residents along Australia’s eastern coast are bracing for the strongest tropical cyclone to threaten the region in over 50 years. Tropical Cyclone Alfred is expected to make landfall this weekend with the strength of an Atlantic tropical storm. The cyclone has already whipped up hazardous waves along the coast, including one measuring a record 12.3 metres. Authorities warned millions of residents in the storm’s path to prepare for destructive wind gusts, flash flooding and storm surges that may combine with high tides.
Rare cyclone threatens millions on Australia’s east coast