For most people in south-east Queensland life is finally returning to normal in the wake of Cyclone Alfred. However, more than 70-thousand properties are still without power tonight. The city of Ipswich escaped widespread flooding overnight, though some now face a challenging recovery.
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00:00The Bremer River may have peaked below the feared flood level, but not all homes were
00:08spared.
00:09I'm sick of crying at the moment.
00:12Every time we open another door, it's just gutting.
00:16We lost about 50 grams worth of gear in 22, but now this one's going to be just as bad.
00:21We'll just clean up and rebuild and start over again.
00:24The threat of heavy rainfall is disappearing, and with that comes the step from response
00:31towards recovery.
00:32The ferocity of the flood water that struck Laidley in the Lockyer Valley yesterday means
00:38a big clean-up ahead.
00:40All ages are pitching in.
00:45The army rolled into Harvey Bay, where up to 1,600 properties have sustained damage.
00:55Lots of water in basements, so we've done a lot of pump-outs of those sort of things.
00:59Washing out of houses, I think we've got about 1,500 books so far, and there's a lot more
01:03jobs coming in.
01:04Mohamed Al-Rakabi's store at Flood Hit Logan, south of Brisbane, has been stripped of staples.
01:10Your milk, your bread and your eggs, that's been our biggest challenge.
01:14His weary customers also hit hard by outages.
01:18More than 500 properties here at Logan Village could be without electricity until Sunday.
01:25It was more the aftermath, I think, than what it is, the cyclone itself.
01:29Ken and Pauline Coomber haven't had phone or internet services for four days.
01:35Just nothing.
01:36What set this cyclone apart was the major population centre in its path.
01:40Queensland has suffered its worst ever power outages from a natural disaster.
01:46A record number of calls for help to the SES and major disruptions to daily life.
01:52Millions of people will remember the week Tropical Cyclone Alfred strayed into the southeast.