Key Points

• According to Mae, they have made several trips back and forth to grocery stores just to buy a little food. The prices have also gone up, and there is heavy traffic in the area.
• Cyclone Alfred is expected to make landfall on Thursday night or Friday, classified as a category 2 storm, affecting large parts of Queensland and Northern New South Wales. The storm brings the threat of heavy rain, strong winds, flooding, and coastal erosion.
• In the 2021 census by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, there are nearly 100,000 people of Filipino descent living in Queensland.