There are 400 kilometres of canals on the Gold Coast – more than in Venice or Amsterdam – and thousands of residents living along them are expected to face the brunt of Tropical Cyclone Alfred.

Some parts of those suburbs are completely underwater in the maps, with neighbouring areas cut off from the road network. Gold Coast Council mapping showing projected flood levels from Cyclone Alfred.

Originally published as The biggest lessons the Gold Coast learned from the Cyclone Alfred was about ourselves.

See for yourself. The A-line can be viewed online via the City of Gold Coast interactive maps. Simply use the coastal erosion hazard overlay, and the foreshore seawall line will appear as a long ...

Drones show just how much sand has been swallowed up by the ocean in the aftermath of Cyclone Alfred's storm surges. How long ...

Rare Category 2 storm nears Australian coast as millions face ‘worst-case scenario’ - Queensland premier warns residents to prepare now for 'extremely rare event' ...

Millions of people in Queensland and northern New South Wales under warnings to hunker down or evacuate, with flights, trains ...

Australians have been warned to brace for Tropical Cyclone Alfred as it prepares to make landfall, with those in northeastern ...

Image: The Australian Bureau of Meteorology Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre's forecast track map The forecaster had ... A 40ft wave recorded off a popular Gold Coast beach on Wednesday night ...

Gold Coast Acting Mayor Donna Gates said on Tuesday the city was preparing for a worst-case scenario, with a disaster flood risk map showing some suburbs could be significantly affected, including ...

South East Queensland has been hammered by category 1 winds overnight as ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred finally made landfall around 9pm between Brisbane and Maroochydore.