After Cyclone Alfred: Australians deal with electric outage, extra rainfall

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanis warned the nation that the effects of a powerful tropical storm were “far away”, as dangerous flood waters continued to submerge some parts of two states on Monday, despite the storm began to decrease. Here you need to know about the devastating cyclone.
Australian government also announced disaster recovery allowance relief for former-trial communities affected communities Cyclone AlfredIn a step to support those facing income loss.
According to service providers reports, Power Outage has affected at least 268,000 residential and commercial customers in Southeast Queensland, while additional 12,500 properties in the Northeast New South Wales are separated from the electric grid.
Financial aid
This allowance provides financial assistance up to 13 weeks for eligible workers and only traders, whose earnings have been affected by the disaster. It is available in 14 local government sectors in Queensland, including Brisbane, Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast, as well as 17 areas in New South Wales, such as Lismore, Bayron and Port McCery-Hustings. Lord Have Islands and residents of nearby islands are also eligible.
To qualify, individuals should live or work in declared areas and have lost income due to disaster, their earnings are falling below the national average weekly wages. The application opened on Tuesday, March 11 at 2 pm (local time).
Interested people can check the eligibility on the service Australia website and apply online or available through the emergency information line of the Australian government.

Accident

The cyclone claimed at least one life when a 61 -year -old man’s vehicle was swept away by a bridge in North New South Wales. Despite sticking to a tree branch, he drowned in flood waters.
In a separate incident, 13 soldiers were injured while rolling on two army trucks while cleaning the roads near Lismore. Defense Minister Richard Marls confirmed that one had been discharged from the hospital, while the others are in a stable position.
As the authorities have continued rescue and recovery efforts, Australians are urged in the affected areas to be informed and take all the necessary precautions.
Disastrous
Meanwhile, the country continues to struggle with cyclone remains, which brought torrential rains and large -scale floods through a 400 -km beach stretch for five days.
Currently, more than 190,000 houses and business are stuck as emergency crew works to restore services.
Despite the wind and rain, authorities released a series of flood and severe weather warnings throughout the region, which straddates Queensland and New South Wales.
Heavy rain
The capital of Queensland of Brisbane saw 30 cm of rain in just 24 hours, drowning cars and roads across the city. Premier David Crisfulli said that emergency services saved 17 people from fast flood waters overnight.
He said, “Rainfall is a pioneer for flooding in parts of the southeast along with floods,” he said, the residents were reported by the news agency AFP, taking care to be vigilant to be vigilant.
Flood threat
Meteorologists warned that the risk of flash flooding and Major River’s growth is serious. How Jonathan explained to the Meteorological Bureau that the storm continues to attract in heavy moisture, despite going inland.
Utility providers reported over 185,000 power outage in Queensland and more than 10,000 in New South Wales. Helicopters were being deployed to confirm the energy required to assess distance damage.
Premier Chris Mines of New South Wales said that the weather pattern was “unexpected” in the coming hours, which was expected to excessive rainfall. However, most of the withdrawal orders in the state have now been removed.