Senior Meteorologist Miriam Bradbury provides an update on severe weather around Queensland and New South Wales. Vision courtesy: Bureau of Meteorology.

Sydney: Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred continued to impact Australia's states of Queensland and New South Wales (NSW) on Monday with floods and heavy rainfalls, but meteorological authorities forecast the situation will gradually ease from today.

Former Tropical Cyclone Alfred continued to dump heavy rain across large parts of southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales (NSW) while moving inland, inundating roads and leaving tens of thousands of households without power as hundreds of schools remained shut, local media reported Monday.

Tropical Cyclone Alfred's approach was coloured by slow, suspenseful movement. Here's how the weather event and emergency response unfolded.

Rapid creek rises and dangerous flash-flooding is impacting parts of South East Queensland and Northern New South Wales.

NSW is preparing for a "pretty nasty set of weather" in the upcoming week, as Tropical Cyclone Alfred tracks away from the Queensland coast.

Multiple emergency alerts are in place across Queensland as large bursts of rain and severe thunderstorms continue across the state's south-east and northern New South Wales.

As Tropical Cyclone Alfred approaches Queensland and Northern New South Wales, investigations reporter Jonathan Lea joins Sky News host Chris Kenny to discuss the latest on the weather event. The cyclone is expected to make landfall on Friday,

The Bureau of Meteorology has issued updated advice on Tropical Cyclone Alfred, warning those in the path of the entire system not to get complacent.

SYDNEY, March 9 (Xinhua) -- Ex-tropical cyclone Alfred that was downgraded to tropical low on Saturday has continued influencing some parts of Australia's states of Queensland and New South Wales (NSW), with floods, strong winds and heavy rains hitting several areas in the two states.