Tropical cyclone “Alfred” caused interruptions in power supply about 240,000 houses and enterprises in the Australian state of Queensland.
Alfred tropical cyclone, which was assigned the rating of “1 category”, continues to have a negative impact on Queensland, ABC News.
As a result of heavy rains and winds caused by a cyclone, houses, cars and power lines were damaged in the region.
The state Prime Minister David Chrisafuli said in his statement that the number of houses and jobs with interruptions in the supply of electricity approached 240 thousand. He noted that such serious damage has been observed for the first time since the Cyclone “Oswald”, which fell on the state in 2013.
adverse weather conditions in the country are preserved.
In Australia on March 6, in connection with the approach of the Tropical Cyclone “Alfred” to the eastern states of Queensland and the New South Wales (NSW), schools were closed and the movement of public transport was suspended.
It was predicted that Alfred from the time of Zoe, which fell into the Gold-Cost region in 1974 and caused floods will become the most powerful cyclone that will be held near one of the most densely populated cities in the country of Brisben.
Cyclone, which reduced its speed, hit land with the weight of the “Category 1” on the island of Sawonon, east of Brisben.
As a result of pouring rains caused by a cyclone, one person died, and 13 people were injured as a result of a collision of two military vehicles.