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Donna Demaio: Australian Correspondent on Australians bracing for Cyclone Alfred
Australians are bracing for Cyclone Alfred, as its first effects are felt.
The slow-moving storm is expected to reach the coast of Southeast Queensland and northeastern New South Wales tonight or early tomorrow morning.
Queensland's energy supplier is reporting more than 20-thousand customers are without power, of which more than 17 thousand were on the Gold Coast.
Australian Correspondent Donna Demaio told Andrew Dickens 12 metre waves have been seen, and a couple of people have been taken to hospital, having been knocked over in the surf.
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