More than 4 million people are in the firing line of Tropical Cyclone Alfred as it tracks towards the south-east Queensland and northern NSW coast. About 20,000 homes in Brisbane alone are at risk of storm surge and flooding impacts associated with the system.

Tropical Cyclone Alfred is expected to cross the south-east Queensland coast later this week, bringing significant wind, rain and coastal impacts.

Communities in north-east New South Wales are preparing for the impacts of Tropical Cyclone Alfred, three years after catastrophic floods devastated much of the region.

Travellers have been warned to watch for updates amid the impending landfall of severe Tropical Cyclone Alfred.

Cyclone Alfred is expected to make landfall late Thursday, or early Friday morning. What damage will it cause, and where will it flood? We answer your questions.

Around one metre of rain could inundate parts of southeast Queensland and northeast NSW later this week as Tropical Cyclone Alfred makes landfall.

Acting mayor Donna Gates says tropical cyclone Alfred "might be the most significant system" for the Gold Coast since 1954.

Police and emergency services are doorknocking low lying areas along south-east Queensland's coastline, as the "area of interest" narrows for Tropical Cyclone Alfred's impending crossing.Queensland's Premier David Crisafulli said it was likely to cross north of Noosa to just south of the NSW border.

Significant damage and power outages are possible in the densely populated region of Queensland, where tropical cyclones impacts are not uncommon, but direct landfalls are.

Tropical Cyclone Alfred is expected to hit Australia’s east coast later this week. Here's where it is likely to strike.