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Australia's East Coast braces for Alfred, a rare cyclone threatening Brisbane.

Brisbane, March 6: People along Australia's eastern coast are preparing for the arrival of a slow-moving storm, which marks the most southerly tropical cyclone to threaten the area in over 50 years.

Australian states prepare for tropical cyclone Alfred in full swing

Sydney, March 5: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Wednesday the government was delivering 250,000 sandbags to the state of Queensland from the national supply while the Australian Defense Force has been put on standby as severe tropical cyclone Alfred approaches.

Australia: Queensland and NSW residents brace for Tropical Cyclone Alfred, once in 50 years

Sydney, March 4: Communities across southeast Queensland and northeast New South Wales (NSW) are preparing for the first tropical cyclone to make direct landfall, forecast to be on Thursday, in the region since two other similar rare cyclones hit the part of the two Australian states in 1974.