The south-east Queensland population is on high alert and holding its breath in the final hours before landfall, with fears of destructive winds, flooding and a billion-dollar bill.
Qantas hopes to resume flights into and out of Brisbane on Sunday after Tropical Cyclone Alfred.
Premier David Crisafulli says the system is starting to “pack a bit of a punch” as it moved closer to Brisbane.
More than 68,000 homes and businesses in south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales are without power on Friday morning as Tropical Cyclone Alfred continues to slowly crawl towards the coast.