A body was found in the flood water and the affected forces in the storm of Australia

A body was found in the flood water and the affected forces in the storm of Australia

Katie Watson

Australia correspondent

ReportingGold Coast
Malory Mindch and Ian Akman

BBC News

Katie Watson reports from the BBC from Gold Coast, where strong winds and heavy rains hit the area

The Australian authorities say that a body was found in flood water and 13 military workers who were injured in a car accident as a wild ritual from a tropical storm on the eastern coast of the country.

Hurricane Alfred, which was reduced to the lowest tropical level on Saturday, achieved land near the capital of Queensland Brisbane in the evening local time.

Officials have warned the residents against staying at home and staying awake, saying that the threat of the storm “has not ended.”

The wind dropped trees, power lines, and low water roads. More than 300,000 properties without energy in the region.

Police said on Saturday that they had discovered a body searching for a 61 -year -old man who was on Friday after his car was arrested in the flood waters in Dorgo, north of New South Wales (New South Wales).

The emergency respondents witnessed the man who escaped from his car and climbed on a tree near the river, but the rescuers were unable to reach him before he was sweeping him.

The police found a body in the area on Saturday and said it was “believed to be the body of the missing man.”

In a separate incident on Saturday, 13 military personnel were injured in a caravan accident in Lessor, about 200 km south of Brisbane, according to the Federal Minister of Federal Matt Kyo.

One truck turned while driving on a narrow road. A second truck and then collided with it.

The state’s ambulance service had said earlier that it had dealt with 36 people in the accident. Kyug explained to the media that while about 36 people were involved, only 13 were injured.

They were part of the military crews deployed in Lessmore, near the Queensland border, to help rescue and respond.

“We have Adf [Australian Defence Force] In a statement, Prime Minister Anthony Albaniz said in a statement that some of them were seriously injured.

On Saturday, Albaniz had addressed the nation from the capital Canberra, saying that millions of population were “well prepared” but “we must remain vigilant.”

Getty Images workers repair the electricity wires next to a tree that is uprooted by strong winds of hurricane Alfred in the Elanora suburb of Gold Coast on March 8, 2025.Gety pictures

Workers repair electricity wires next to a tree that is uprooted by strong winds in Elanora

Four million people around Queensland and northern New South Wales were preparing the storm with dozens of weather warnings in both regions.

About 287,000 clients suffer from a break in southeast Queensland, according to Energex, while Essential Energy said that more than 42,600 homes and companies in New South Wales have suffered from power outages.

People in Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, went to bed on Friday, preparing for strong winds and heavy rains.

They woke up on Saturday to find out that the hurricane was reduced and that the city will escape from the worst weather.

But the danger has not ended in other parts of the southeast of Queensland and northern New South Wales.

Along the coast of Gold Coast, which has been beaten due to bad weather in the past few days, the conditions have been very strong with driving rain and strong winds.

Hundreds of trees were detonated in gardens and gardens along the main roads. There was a lot of debris, and emergency services divided the most vulnerable areas.

“This emergency has not ended,” said Chris Mins, head of the State Council of State in New South Wales, adding that it was “very important” that the audience did not raise the “storm”.

“We really do not care if it is reduced from a tropical hurricane to the weather,” he said.

The state’s emergency services commander, Stewart Fischer, warned that people were “satisfied” and said that the authorities in the region expect the floods to continue during the next few days.

Getty Images The flood water is photographed next to the houses in the Tugun suburb after heavy rains brought by Hurricane Alfred in Gold Coast on March 8, 2025.Gety pictures

Flood water next to the houses in Tugun

As the storm approaches the land, nearly 1,000 schools were closed, public transportation and airports were closed. Optional surgeries have also been canceled.

Flights are not expected to resume until Sunday as soon as possible.

The British Broadcasting Corporation spoke to several people from the homeless and homeless community, who I resorted to the mission of the city of EmmanuelWhich has become a shelter around the clock.

In Treasure Island Holiday Park in Gold Coast, north of Server Paradise, the gum tree fell between a cabin, destroying a third. In the vicinity, the boat was half immersed in a channel away from the beach.

On the same coast, many tracks to the beach are now not applicable. Instead, there is a sudden decrease in the ocean where strong waves ate on the sand.

But the cleaning process will not occur for a few days-the wind is still strong and there are driving rain.

Residents began to go out to look at the damage, but many remain inside to keep safe.

With Simon Atkinson reports on Gold Coast

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