Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred Update - Recovery Response Begins
Published 10 March 2025
Today City of Moreton Bay will move from disaster operations to recovery response after Tropical Cyclone Alfred.
Current advice is to monitor conditions, especially on roads. If it is flooded forget it and drive to the current conditions being mindful of road closures and traffic light outages.
Stay informed with City of Moreton Bay’s Disaster Dashboard.
Overnight, City of Moreton Bay saw significant rainfall and minor flooding. Over the last three hours rainfall has reduced. Winds overnight were not a concern.
Over 700 tasks have been recorded since 7pm Saturday night across the City recorded with Moreton Bay SES. The SES is being supported by the Rural Fire Service Queensland. There were no rescue requests overnight.
There has been no over floor flooding however fallen trees and green waste are widespread throughout the City. All operational crews are active and working as fast as they can to manage the situations.
Almost 34,000 people are currently out of power across City of Moreton Bay.
Refuge centres will scale back today. There were currently 74 people in refuge centres. Department of Housing is working with people who require further assistance.
All waste facilities are open from 6am to 6pm, except Woodford Transfer Station due to flooded access.
All kerbside services are back to business as usual. A number of trucks have been dedicated to general waste catch up services that missed Thursday and Friday last week. If residents are concerned, they can take their missed waste collection to any of our Waste Management Facilities free of charge, if safe to do so.
Green waste can also be taken to waste facilities free of charge.
For residents with sandbags, please keep until the rain and threat of flooding has passed. Residents are advised to dispose of sand on their lawn or garden.
City of Moreton Bay sandbags are designed to be reused. Once dry, store them safely at home. If residents can’t store them, they can be disposed of in general waste (red top) bins after their contents have been emptied.
Services will progressively open, and this will be shared on the City of Moreton Bay website and via social media.
City of Moreton Bay thanks the team from Townsville Local Disaster Management Centre deployed yesterday to relieve the Local Disaster Management Team who have been working 24/7 for more than a week now, preparing for and managing operations and community safety for ex-TC Alfred. Teams from Northern Territory and Western Australia are expected today.
Council will advise on further recovery details later today as they come to hand.
We applaud the resilience of our community during the evolving weather situation over the past week and ask for patience as we move into clean up, recovery and business as usual operations.
Emergency details
Watch out for fallen trees and branches on roads and paths. Report to Council on 07 3205 0555
Report fallen powerlines to Energex on 13 19 62
Life-threatening emergency? Call 000 (Triple Zero).
For storm and flood help, call SES QLD: 132 500 or use the SES Assistance QLD App.
Monitor the weather online if you can: www.bom.gov.au/
And stay informed with our Disaster Dashboard: https://disaster.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/