Tropical Cyclone Alfred has left hundreds of thousands of homes without power, and WA Labor has secured a massive victory in ...

A cyclone has been downgraded to a tropical low but its impact is still being felt with a region reeling from major flooding ...

More than 238,000 households are without power, with flash flooding shutting down one Queensland community and another warned to seek higher ground.

Gibson Walters thought he heard some kind of animal outside his Pleasure Point house," writes columnist Ross Eric Gibson.

Almost 240,000 properties remain without power across southeast Queensland and northeastern New South Wales on Monday as residents deal with the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Alfred.

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NSW SES Commissioner Deb Platts says 23 evacuation orders are still in place in the state's north-east.

Airports in Brisbane, the Gold Coast, the Sunshine Coast, and Ballina have all reopened after ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred.