Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred live updates: South-east Queensland and northern NSW battered by wild storms

Wild footage captured the moment a roof was ripped off a home in a Brisbane suburb.

Terrified neighbours filmed gale force winds ripping it off a house at Brighton, in Brisbane, on Saturday night.

Alfred may have been downgraded to a tropical low, but the hellish weather system has still brought damaging winds, heavy rainfall and flash flooding to south-east Queensland and northern NSW.

Wind gusts up to 100km/h were recorded overnight with significant damage reported in the coastal Brisbane suburb of Redcliffe.

More than 330,000 homes were still without power across south-east Queensland and northern NSW on Sunday.

Some 315,406 people in Queensland are currently impacted, according to Energex.

Of that figure, 112,300 are on the Gold Coast and 50,000 are in Brisbane.

Around 16,000 homes between Tweed Heads and Grafton, in NSW, do not have electricity, according to Essential Energy.

Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred has hammered south-east Queensland with cyclonic-strenghth winds overnight despite being downgraded before finally making landfall about 9pm on Saturday.

Wind gusts up to 100km/h were recorded overnight with significant damage reported in the coastal Brisbane suburb of Redcliffe.

A Category 1 cyclone has wind gusts for between 63km/h and 88km/h.

More than 320,000 homes across the south-east of the state have been left without power on Sunday morning.

Two people have been reported injured by falling trees in seperate incidents at Redcliffe and as Lawnton, in the Moreton Bay region, with one taken to hospital.

‘Paramedics have transported a stable patient to the Prince Charles Hospital with minor injuries after a tree reportedly fell onto a house on Francis Road in Lawnton at 7.50pm,’ a Queensland Ambulance Service spokesperson told Brisbane Times.

‘There were three other occupants in the house, but they did not require transport.’

It comes as Brisbane Airport has reopened, but many flights remain cancelled.

All domestic flights due to depart before 7am have been cancelled while almost half of those listed before 8am have also been scrapped.

Gold Coast Aiport is due to reopen this morning while Ballina Airport is open, but has been hit by flight cancellations.

A body has been found during a search for a man who was swept into floodwaters about 25km northeast of Dorrigo, in northern NSW, on Friday.

Emergency services were called to Wild Cattle Creek Bridge after a ute being driven across was swept into floodwaters.

The driver – a 61-year-old man – was able to get out of the ute and climb onto a tree about 30m from the riverbank but emergency personnel were unable to reach the him before he was swept away.

At about 4.30pm on Saturday, the body of a man was found.

While he is yet to be formally identified, it is believed to be that of the missing

The Australian Defence Force has now reported that 13 of its personnel were injured in the crash between two army trucks near Lismore this afternoon.

NSW Ambulance had earlier said 36 people were injured in the crash at Tregeagle.

A spokesperson for Defence said it was 13 injured but there were 36 of its personnel ‘involved’ in the crash.

It’s been reported that three may be seriously injured.

It’s not known how many are in hospital or how the accident happened.

Paramedics were called to reports of the accident in Tregeagle, 9km east of Lismore, at 5.05pm on Saturday.

NSW Ambulance sent out 18 vehicles in response to the call for help.

The ADF gave a statement which confirmed a number of its members were hurt.

‘On Saturday 8 March 2025, there was an incident involving two Australian Defence Force (ADF) vehicles that were providing community support to Lismore following ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred. A number of ADF personnel have been injured,’ a spokesperson said.

‘The welfare of ADF members and their families is a priority and Defence’s focus is on supporting those involved.

‘Due to the developing nature of the incident, no further information will be available at this time, however Defence will provide further updates when possible.’