(Reuters) -Hundreds of thousands of people in Australia's Queensland state were without power on Sunday after Alfred, a downgraded tropical cyclone, brought damaging winds and heavy rains, sparking ...

Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred is dumping heavy rain across south-east Queensland as hundreds of thousands remain without power.

Residents in the Lockyer Valley town of Laidley have been issued an urgent warning on Sunday night as the region continues to be pummelled with significant rainfall from Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred.