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Full Show: 4BC Afternoons with Sofie Formica, March 6th, 2025

Millions of Queenslanders are preparing and waiting for the first cyclone to cross the state’s southern coast in half a century.

Tropical Cyclone Alfred has been delayed in its landfall and is predicted to hit South East Queensland by Friday night or early Saturday morning as a Category 2 system.

BOM Senior Meteorologist Dean Narramore told Sofie Formica on 4BC Afternoons, "Its approach and even its impact until as we get into Friday night into the early hours of Saturday morning, so delayed about 12 to 24 hours."

"We're going to see because of this slow down motion, we're going to see not only more rainfall, a longer period of rainfall, but also longer period of much more intense wave action hitting our beach and coastal areas," Mr Narramore continued.

Millions of Queenslanders are preparing and waiting for the first cyclone to cross the state&rsquo;s southern coast in half a century.
Tropical Cyclone Alfred has been delayed in its landfall and is predicted to hit South East Queensland by Friday night or early Saturday morning as a Category 2 system.
BOM Senior Meteorologist Dean Narramore told Sofie Formica on 4BC Afternoons, "Its approach and even its impact until as we get into Friday night into the early hours of Saturday morning, so delayed about 12 to 24 hours."
"We're going to see because of this slow down motion, we're going to see not only more rainfall, a longer period of rainfall, but also longer period of much more intense wave action hitting our beach and coastal areas," Mr Narramore continued.

"Longer period of rainfall": Thursday's update from the BOM on Tropical Cyclone Alfred 

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/88b564ea-a9a6-4751-910a-a5d800019396/clips/96d311ec-786d-42ce-b677-b298002cb192/transcript

Lismore and the northern rivers are in the firing line of Cyclone Alfred.

It comes as the community is still dealing with the scars of the devastating floods three years ago.

Lismore Mayor Steve Krieg told Sofie Formica on 4BC Afternoons, "My youngest is 13 years old, and she's preparing to evacuate for the second time in three years from her home and everything she knows and everything she's comfortable with."

Lismore and the northern rivers are in the firing line of Cyclone Alfred.
It comes as the community is still dealing with the scars of the devastating floods three years ago.
Lismore Mayor Steve Krieg told Sofie Formica on 4BC Afternoons, "My youngest is 13 years old, and she's preparing to evacuate for the second time in three years from her home and everything she knows and everything she's comfortable with."

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