Cyclone Alfred is bearing down. Here’s how it grew so fierce – and where it’s expected to hit
- Written by Steve Turton, Adjunct Professor of Environmental Geography, CQUniversity Australia
Bureau of Meteorology, Himawari-9 satellite, CC BY-SATropical Cyclone Alfred is strengthening as it bears down on the coast of southern Queensland and northern New South Wales, prompting fears it may become a destructive category 3 cyclone before it makes landfall.
As of Wednesday, the cyclone was a category 2 and had begun moving west towards...





