Peter Fegan put the call out to 4BC listeners to nominate a local hero who went above and beyond despite the torrential weather brought on by Tropical Cyclone Alfred and the response was overwhelming.

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Brisbane has been hammered with heavy rainfall, strong winds and flash flooding after Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred made landfall late last night.

Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner told Peter Fegan on 4BC's Special Coverage, "We're all going to do our best to try and get things back to normal, but this continues to change and it is uncertain at the moment."

"There are some things that keep changing, to give people a high degree of certainty right now is just not possible."

"There are a lot of impacts, power, roads and a whole range of things are down across the city," Lord Mayor Schrinner said.

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Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred crossed the Queensland Coast around 9pm, and the Southeast has been absolutely copping it, with heavy rainfall, intense winds and flash flooding.

Miriam Bradbury from the Bureau of Meteorology told Peter Fegan on 4BC's Special Coverage, "We've still got the severe weather warning out, which does mention that risk of heavy rainfall."

"We could see six hourly rainfall totals in excess of 100 millimetres through the day today."

"Flash flooding is a risk because we've already seen so much rain over the last few days, this rain has nowhere to go."

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The number of South-East Queensland residents without power has risen to over 315,000 and with the weather deteriorating overnight people could be waiting a long time for power to return.

Energex Spokesperson Danny Donald told Peter Fegan on 4BC's Special Coverage, "The crews are here now, it'll be the same across southeast Queensland and where it is safe to do so we'll be getting out there, absolutely."

"We got 80,000 back online yesterday and unfortunately mother nature whacked another 80,000 back off," Donald continued.

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Listen to 4BC's Special Weather Coverage of now ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred with Peter Fegan.

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With the main effects of ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred having somewhat passed, the focus is switching to the clean-up and the aftermath of the significant weather event.

Brisbane City Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner told Peter Fegan on 4BC's Special Coverage, "There's no doubt we dodged a bullet with the cyclone."

"The Gold Coast, on the other hand, they copped it at Category 2 and you can see the difference," Lord Mayor Schrinner said.

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The Queensland Ambulance Service has had a busy few days as Southeast Queensland prepared for the arrival of the cyclone.

Pressure on the QAS is set to continue over the coming days as residents begin to venture outside, clean up their homes and recover from the significant weather event.

Queensland Ambulance Commissioner, Craig Emery told Peter Fegan, "You're not only putting yourself at risk, but you are putting the rescuers at risk so consideration along those lines is much appreciated."

The Commissioner warned that floodwater can be particularly dangerous due to animals, snakes, electricity and bacteria that can be found in the water.

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Ex-Cyclone Alfred has been downgraded to a tropical low and heavy rainfall and flash flooding can be expected across the Southeast.

In light of this, many residents are wondering when Council services will be back online.

Ipswich Mayor, Teresa Harding told Peter Fegan on 4BC's Special Coverage, "There is a real focus on getting services back up and running on Monday, and we'll make that call tomorrow [Sunday] about what council services are open."

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Queensland Premier David Crisafulli joined Peter Fegan on 4BC's Special Coverage, and provided an update on critical infrastructure.

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