Tropical Cyclone Alfred is slowly moving towards the southeast Queensland coast.
Alfred is currently category 2 and is expected to remain of similar intensity until the centre starts to interact with the coast and Islands.
The centre of Alfred is expected to cross the coast very early Saturday morning, most likely between Noosa and Coolangatta.
Residents are advised to continue preparations and stay up to date via Council’s disaster dashboard.
HIGH WINDS
Winds are anticipated to increase associated with Cyclone Alfred crossing the cost on Friday evening or Saturday morning.
RAINFALL
Heavy rainfall up to 100mm is forecast across Noosa, including the hinterland, for Saturday, following the likely crossing of Cyclone Alfred onto landfall. While this forecast rainfall does not raise significant flooding concerns, it does pose the potential for localised flooding. Council will be closely monitoring known flash flooding sites throughout the shire including Lakes Entrance Boulevarde, Noosaville, Gold Links Drive (Daintree), Tewantin, Rifle Street Pomona and Kin Kin Creek.
Stay tuned for updates. Remember, don’t drive through floodwaters – if it’s flooded, forget it!
SANDBAGS STILL AVAILABLE
There is still time to get sandbags if you need them for your property, until 5pm today. Go to Council’s disaster dashboard for locations of sandbag stations. Please note, you’ll need to bring your own shovel.
STORMTIDE INUNDATION
Storm surge caused by Tropical Cyclone Alfred may cause some inundation of low-lying areas of Noosaville, Tewantin, Noosa North Shore and Boreen Point – areas that often experience inundation during lower-level river floods. This is expected to occur on the high tide at 2am on Friday morning. The level of possible inundation has been reduced by state agencies from yesterday and is expected to be shallow, if at all, and covering roadways and yards.
Areas that could be inundated include:
Frying Pan Track, Homeport Track / Noosa River Drive, Wygani Drive, Noosa North Shore
Hilton Terrace, Hilton Esplanade, Lewis Street and Mill Street, Tewantin
Cloudsley Street Laburnum Crescent, Janet Street, Robert Street the Cockleshell, Howard Street, William Street and parts of Gympie Terrace Noosaville
Lake Weyba Drive (south of Eenie Creek Arterial).
Some foreshores and adjacent roads at Boreen Point.
Roads that may be impacted by storm tide inundation include:
Memorial Avenue Tewantin
Hilton Terrace Tewantin
Gympie Terrace Noosaville
Weyba Road Noosaville
Moorindil Street Tewantin (near the ferry terminal)
Maximillian Road Noosa North Shore.
MAIN BEACH AND EASTERN BEACHES
All Noosa beaches remain closed. A change in wind direction round to the north / northeast is likely to change swell direction and wave height at Main Beach on Saturday, as well and Noosa’s open beaches. These changing conditions at Main Beach, Laguna Bay in regard to swell and currents may catch users off guard and it is very important people adhere to the beach closures and do not go swimming due to the dangerous conditions.
WASTE & RESOURCE RECOVERY CENTRES
Council’s waste facilities will remain closed until it is considered safe to re-open.
Residential collections will return to your next scheduled collection date. Please keep bins securely stored within your property boundary.
Due to the unpredictable nature of TC Alfred, our response to waste generated from this event, will determine when to open the waste facilities.
REPORTING TREE HAZARDS
Residents are advised to report fallen trees or potential tree hazards to Council via the Snap Send Solve. The app is free and available from the Apple Store or Google’s Play Store. Simply search for the Snap Send Solve app and follow the prompts to download onto your mobile device. For more information go to the Snap Send Solve website.
CONTACTING COUNCIL
Council’s Customer Service Call Centre (07 5329 6500) will be open until 9pm on Thursday 6 March and will reopen at 6am on Friday 7 March. You can still call this number for after-hours assistance. In an emergency, if your life is in danger, call Triple Zero (000).
For non-life-threatening flood and storm emergency assistance during severe weather events call 132 500, visit 132500.qld.gov.au or use the SES Assistance QLD App.
COUNCIL FACILITIES
All Council facilities remain closed today and Friday.
This includes Noosa and Cooroy Libraries, Mobile Library, Noosa Seniors, Noosa Leisure Centre, Noosa Regional Gallery, The J, The Peregian Digital Hub, Council’s offices at Tewantin and Goodchap Street closed to customers.
Some facilities may provide limited opening hours on the weekend if conditions are reasonable however a final decision will be made tomorrow based on the latest weather advice
Noosa Leisure Centre has ceased ordinary customer services and programming but remains open as a place of refuge until further notice.
PLACE OF REFUGE NOW OPEN
Noosa Leisure Centre has opened as a place of refuge for residents and visitors who have no other place to go during Tropical Cyclone Alfred. Pets are welcome but leads or cages are required to keep them contained. The Leisure Centre is at 9 Wallace Drive Noosaville and will operate 24/7 until no longer required.
VULNERABLE PEOPLE
Council is working closely with local community organisations to support people who are sleeping rough, to ensure they have suitable shelter during the impending cyclone event. Anyone with details of a specific person in need of support, please send their details through to Council via commdev@noosa.qld.gov.au or 07 5329 6500 so that Council staff can reach out and offer support.
WATER SUPPLY
In the event that household water supply is affected over the coming days, Unity Water recommends storing three days’ worth of water (about 10 litres per person) for drinking and hygiene if a water outage occurs. For more information go to: www.unitywater.com/faults-and-outages/wet-weather-updates
POWER OUTAGES
To report fallen power lines, power outages or to check for outages in your area, check the Energex website: www.energex.com.au/
