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Climate News: Tropical Cyclone Alfred, the first in 50 years, heads for south-east Queensland


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Tropical Cyclone Alfred is roaming about near the coast of Australia's south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales: "Northern NSW residents urged to prepare for first tropical cyclone since 1990";

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