As the rain stops and the sun starts to come out, this means the beginning of mould. 

CEO of Mouldmen, Gerard Murtagh, joined Sofie Formica on 4BC Afternoons to discuss the best way to deal with mould.

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Emmanuel City Mission has been working tirelessly alongside Micah Projects to provide safe places in South Brisbane for people sleeping rough amid ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred.

Director of Emmanuel City Mission, Roby Curtis, on 4BC Afternoons, "It proved to be effective and certainly probably sparked a conversation around, what it is to have a facility like that in the midst of a city like Brisbane, the size of which Brisbane is and, what can we do to sort of offset public sleeping in general, not just when there's cyclones."

"We've always wanted to increase our hours beyond the daytime space. We believe that it's an incredible opportunity for Brisbane...to approach rough sleeping differently, to have, shelters that have a high capacity, high volume to be able to, offset the sort of sleep within the community and the issues that come with that," Mr Curtis continued. 

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Hundreds of thousands of residents across South East Queensland are without power as the after-effects of Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred continue.

Energex Spokesperson Danny Donald told Sofie Formica on 4BC Afternoons, "We're aiming to get 95% of people back up and running by Friday."

"But there will be people on Saturday and Sunday, of course, and they are the places that have been belted and places that we haven't been able to gain access for various issues."

"But we are aiming to get 100% of people back up by Sunday night, and they're the people that can be restored," Mr Donald continued. 

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Ipswich is bracing for potential widespread flooding across the region, with residents advised to prepare to leave.

Mayor Teresa Harding told Sofie Formica, "It is going to be a major flood, and we have the latest flood modelling updated on our disaster dashboard so people can go in there and have a look so they can make arrangements."

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As rain begins to ease in some parts of Southeast Queensland, the mammoth task of getting back to life as normal begins.

Major General Jake Ellwood, Chief Executive Officer of the Queensland Reconstruction Authority told Sofie Formica, "The first place to go is 1800 173 349, or www.qld.gov.au/disasterhelp."

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Millions of Queenslanders are preparing and waiting for the first cyclone to cross the state’s southern coast in half a century.

Tropical Cyclone Alfred has been delayed in its landfall and is predicted to hit South East Queensland by Friday night or early Saturday morning as a Category 2 system.

BOM Senior Meteorologist Dean Narramore told Sofie Formica on 4BC Afternoons, "Its approach and even its impact until as we get into Friday night into the early hours of Saturday morning, so delayed about 12 to 24 hours."

"We're going to see because of this slow down motion, we're going to see not only more rainfall, a longer period of rainfall, but also longer period of much more intense wave action hitting our beach and coastal areas," Mr Narramore continued.

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Lismore and the northern rivers are in the firing line of Cyclone Alfred.

It comes as the community is still dealing with the scars of the devastating floods three years ago.

Lismore Mayor Steve Krieg told Sofie Formica on 4BC Afternoons, "My youngest is 13 years old, and she's preparing to evacuate for the second time in three years from her home and everything she knows and everything she's comfortable with."

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Meteorologists warn the slower speed of Alfred’s advance means East Coast communities are in for “extended and more prolonged periods of significant and major wave heights and heavy rain”.

The storm surge is attracting crowds to line the coastline to catch a glimpse of the rare event, but residents are being warned of extremely dangerous conditions.

Gold Coast Acting Mayor Donna Gates told Sofie Formica on 4BC Afternoons, "Just don't go there."

"There's plenty of vision available through the news networks about what's happening on our beaches, no one needs to be on the roads or going there."

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