Cyclone Alfred live updates: What you need to know

There are warnings Cyclone Alfred's 'Erretic', slowly moving path could activate five days of serious floods on large pieces of Southeast Queensland and Noordoost-NSW.

It was initially predicted that the 2 -Storm category would hit the coast at night on Thursday, but the arrival is more than 24 hours delayed as it continues to change course.

The cyclone is now less than 200 km from Brisbane and is expected to hit the coast on Friday evening or in the early hours of Saturday morning.

The late arrival means that the region is now expected to be battered for up to five days by storms instead of three pets up to 155 km/h and a flood of 800 mm of rain predicts during the weekend, while Alfred is struggling over the coast.

More than 20,000 at home were already in the dark in the dark in the midst of widespread black outs over the Gold Coast and Tweed Heads after the region was battered by storms.

Thousands of residents in Noordoost-NSW were encouraged to evolve on Thursday evening or run the risk of being cut off for days by floodwayers.

Supermarkets throughout the region have started closing Daily Mail Australia Hoor reports People have received the interior to hit necessities as far away as Warwick and Clifton.

Cyclone Alfred has changed its course again while it is preparing to have the impending impact.

Four million inhabitants in Noord -NSW and Zuidoost -Veensland will go down on Friday as Gale Force Winds of 155 km/h and dumping rods up to 450 mm destroy the region.

The slowly moving category-TWEE system is now 245 km east of Brisbane after Alfred turned to the east for the second time on Thursday.

The current modeling suggests that Alfred is expected to make 41 km north of Brisbane early on Saturday morning in the neighborhood of Redcliffe, a little further north than previously indicated.

Heavy overnight stays can lead to dangerous and life -threatening floods while Alfred is approaching the coast.

“Due to the very slow moving nature of the cyclone, there is a very high risk of significant consequences as a result of widespread heavy rainfall in the coming days,” says the latest Bureau of Meteorology Alert.

“The center of Alfred is expected to cross the coast on Friday evening or early Saturday morning.”

Stains of a maximum of 120 km/h developed at the end of Thursday near the coasts between Cape Moreton and Cape Byron, which are expected to extend to coastal and island communities between Noosa and Ballina early Friday.

The precipitation amounts can reach between 200 mm and 250 mm within a period of 24 hours in six hours and between 350 mm and 450 mm.

A dangerous storm tide is probably also for exposed coastal areas between Cape Moreton and Yamba, including the beaches Gold Coast and Byron Bay.

Hundreds of residents have already evacuated their homes to look for shelter higher terrain. At least 20,000 houses in both regions are also without power.

More than 20,000 houses were hit in the darkness on Thursday in the dark, with more than 12,000 Energex customers in the Gold Coast.

Spokesperson Brett Judge spokesperson for Energex urged customers to stay patient.

“Where our crews can respond, they will and where they cannot, they cannot get power,” he said ABC Radio.

In the meantime, 10,000 houses and companies between Tweed Heads and Bulahdelah lost power on Thursday afternoon, according to Essential Energy.

“Working crews to recover as soon as it is safe to do this if malfunctions take place, where some locations are not accessible due to heavy rainfall that flood river crossings or water on the roads,” said a spokesperson.

Aussies have been warned that their houses can be without power for a long time because of the prediction of the dangerous circumstances.

Redland Council has issued an urgent warning for the inhabitants of Moreton Bay and Stradbroke Island to bring shed in their homes.

Destructive and persistent winds of tropical Cycloon Alfred start from 4 am to Friday while Cyclone Alfred lands.

“Possibly you should go to the strongest, safest part of the building in which you are located, away from large windows,” the Council advised.

'It can be a bathroom, walk -in closet or a hallway. Stay there. This can take a few hours.

'Emergency services will not be able [to] Apply because it is too dangerous.

'Winds can suddenly stop when the eye of the Cycloon passes. Very dangerous winds can start quickly from a different direction. '

Power, telephone and internet services 'can have been out for a long time'.

Residents are also advised to cover windows in their 'safe rooms' with mattresses or heavy blankets in case the glass crushes and sub -mattresses under the hiding place and blankets blows away the roof of their house.

'Listen to local radio on your battery-driven radio for updates; Keep all doors and windows closed; Stay in your safe place until you are told that it is safe. This can take a few hours, “the Council instructed.