Australia’s East Coast braces for Alfred, a rare cyclone threatening Brisbane.

Millions of residents along Australia’s eastern coast are bracing for the arrival of a very slow-moving storm, the most southerly tropical cyclone to threaten the region in more than 50 years. Authorities had confirmed according to a report by CNN that earlier cyclone Alfred had slowed down overnight but now is forecasted to make landfall on Friday or early Saturday with the strength of a category 1 Atlantic hurricane, as it swirls west toward the city of Brisbane, home to 2.5 million people, and coastal suburbs on either side.