The same energy that brought Kirra to life last week has slowly morphed into a more malevolent force. Cyclone Alfred was downgraded from a Category 2 cyclone to a tropical low before it made landfall on Saturday into Southern Queensland and Northern New South Wales.

Australia’s prime minister cautioned that the fallout from a vicious tropical storm over the weekend was “far from over” as parts of two states remained inundated with perilous floodwaters on Monday,

Ex-tropical cyclone Alfred caused huge swells and flooding as it hit Australia's east coast over the weekend. Footage shows beach erosion at the Gold Coast's Surfers Paradise, a car windscreen impaled by a tree and damage to property caused by the storm.