Cyclone Alfred live updates: Queensland and NSW battle heavy winds and rain as storm slows approach
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Welcome to our live coverage of Tropical Cyclone Alfred today.
Overnight, the cyclone travelled in a little circle out to sea, a manoeuvre which has thrown off yesterday's predictions of when it would make landfall.
As of 5am, the revised track map has the storm's eye crossing the coast directly over Brisbane at 4pm on Friday, as a category one storm (at one stage there were fears it would strengthen to a category three).
Communities from Double Island Point south to Grafton, including Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Byron Bay and Ballina, are in the warning zone.
Natasha May will be with you shortly, bringing you updates through the day. A warning sign seen in front of massive waves, stirred by Tropical Cyclone Alfred at the coastal NSW town of Ballina on Wednesday. Photograph: David Gray/AFP/Getty Images Share
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