Authorities say Tropical Cyclone Alfred's delayed crossing does not mean reduced impact

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'We are already seeing the impacts of significant winds and coastal surge,' says the NSW SES commissioner, Mike Wassing. Subscribe to Guardian Australia on YouTube and hit the bell to see new videos ► http://bit.ly/gdnaustraliasubs  People in south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales are well under way with storm preparations, while governments closed schools and some airports. Earlier the BoM announced Tropical Cyclone Alfred would make landfall 24 hours later than expected.  Tropical Cyclone Alfred may not make landfall in Queensland until Saturday as storm slows ► https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/06/tropical-cyclone-alfred-may-not-make-landfall-in-queensland-until-saturday-as-storm-slows  Follow the Australia news live blog for the latest updates ► https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/australian-news-live/latest?CMP=gdnaus_yt   Support the Guardian ► https://support.theguardian.com/contribute   Website ► https://theguardian.com/au Facebook ► https://facebook.com/theguardianaustralia Instagram ► https://instagram.com/guardianaustralia Twitter ► https://twitter.com/GuardianAus TikTok ► https://tiktok.com/@guardianaustralia LinkedIn ► https://linkedin.com/company/guardianaustralia   Subscribe to the Guardian's other YouTube channels: The Guardian ► https://bit.ly/guardiannewssubs Guardian News ► https://bit.ly/guardiannewssubs Guardian Football ► https://bit.ly/gdnfootballsubs Guardian Sport ► https://bit.ly/gdnsportsubs Guardian Live ► https://bit.ly/guardianlivesubs   #storm #environment #nsw #tropicalcyclonealfred #queensland #guardianaustralia #news #breakingnews #theguardian

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00:00We have seen overnight a delay in terms of when the tropical cyclone is due to cross the coast.

00:08This does not mean, however, that there is any reduction in terms of the severity of

00:15this future event. In fact, now we're already seeing rainfall at significant levels.

00:20If you are warned to evacuate, follow the orders of the emergency services.

00:26Do not drive through floodwaters. Make sure that you use this opportunity of the delay

00:33to have a little bit more time to prepare for that possible evacuation over the next 24 hours.

00:41We are already seeing the impacts of significant winds and coastal surge.

00:46We're already seeing the impacts of damaging winds and we are already seeing,

00:51as we've just heard, the impacts of the rainfall and early river rises.

00:57Our key message to the community is twofold. One is prepare your current location or relocate

01:06early. We currently have 24 warnings out in terms of prepare to evacuate. Based on the

01:14current projections and the current rainfall, we believe later today some of those low-lying

01:19communities will be receiving an emergency warning to evacuate. I want to emphasise that

01:27we are seeing the impacts of the rainfall and the winds as we speak. The community has been

01:34tremendous in terms of their responsiveness and reaction and they continue to work with the

01:39enormous thousands of emergency services personnel from across all agencies, led by the State

01:45Emergency Service, coordinated locally and supported from the State in terms of current activities.

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