Cyclone Alfred: Japanese Residents in Gold Coast Share the Current Situation

The Bureau of Meteorology has updated the projected window of time when Tropical Cyclone Alfred is expected to make landfall. We spoke with Kimiko Shima, a resident of Gold Coast, about the current situation. (Recorded on the morning of March 6.)

A tropical cyclone set to bring heavy rainfall and damaging winds is expected to impact a part of the Australian coast for the first time in more than 50 years. Source: AAP / Jason O'Brien

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