Ex-Cyclone Alfred live updates: Residents rage as kids ’ruin’ oval

A seemingly innocent photo of children playing on an oval has sparked outrage online. Live weather coverage.

South East Queensland and northern NSW continue to be smashed by rain and flooding brought by ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred, with flood warnings still in place for large parts of the east coast.

Over 200,000 homes and businesses have been left without power and hundreds of schools across NSW and Queensland will be closed on Monday.

About 1,800 people remain cut off from evacuation due to flooding in NSW, the State Emergency Service said on Monday morning.

The ex-tropical low moved inland overnight after crossing Bribie Island, delivering category 1 cyclonic wind gusts of up to 104km/h in Redcliffe and 95km/h in Toowoomba, according to the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM). A category 1 cyclone has wind gusts of between 63 and 88km/h.

Read on for the latest updates.

Originally published as Ex-Cyclone Alfred live updates: Residents rage as kids ’ruin’ oval