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Eastern Australia is grappling with severe flooding as the remnants of Cyclone Alfred bring torrential rains, causing power blackouts for over 200,000 properties and prompting urgent rescue operations.

GOLD COAST] Torrential rain from the remnants of Cyclone Alfred flooded swathes of Australia’s east coast on Monday, as workers battled to restore power to more than 200,000 homes and businesses. Read more at The Business Times.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese warned on Sunday that severe weather conditions and the threat of flooding will persist, urging residents to remain cautious.

Torrential rain from the remnants of Cyclone Alfred flooded swathes of Australia's east coast, as workers battled to restore power to more than 200,000 homes and businesses.

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Although now classified as a tropical low, the effects of ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred have been felt most severely in the Gold Coast, Brisbane, Hervey Bay, and the Northern Rivers. Insurers have already received nearly 3,000 claims, a number expected to rise as residents return to assess the damage.

Significant damage and power outages are possible in the densely populated region of Queensland, where tropical cyclones impacts are not uncommon but direct landfalls are.

The slow-moving tropical storm, named Alfred, is on track to bring dangerous winds and flooding along the coast of Queensland and New South Wales, including Brisbane.

Tropical storm Alfred could cause significant flooding in eastern Australia despite the slowly moving storm no longer being a cyclone.

The Albanese Government is activating financial support for communities directly affected by ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred through the Disaster Recovery Allowance.

Gusts and torrential rain have blacked out more than 300,000 properties and swamped parts of Australia's east coast, officials said Sunday, with one driver confirmed dead and a dozen troops