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Speaker 1: Already and this is the Daily This is the Daily OS. Oh,

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Speaker 1: now it makes sense.

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Speaker 2: Good morning and welcome to the Daily OS. It's Thursday,

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Speaker 2: the sixth of March. I'm zara, i'm emma. Millions of

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Speaker 2: residents in parts of Queensland and New South Wales are

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Speaker 2: bracing for the arrival of Cyclone Alfred, which is due

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Speaker 2: to make landfall early on Friday morning. Authorities are warning

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Speaker 2: the rare weather event could bring with it significant rainfall

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Speaker 2: and high winds. In today's podcast, we're going to explain

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Speaker 2: what we know so far, what's been done to ready

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Speaker 1: Zara, As you mentioned, Cyclone Alfred is due to make

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Speaker 1: landfall later on this week, so later to day, early tomorrow,

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Speaker 1: and the destruction that it may bring remains uncertain. It's

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Speaker 1: an ever evolved situation. But what do we know so far?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, So what we know so far is that cyclone

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Speaker 2: Alfred is currently heading for southeast Queensland. As you said,

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Speaker 2: it's expected to make landfall either late tonight or early

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Speaker 2: tomorrow morning around one am. It's expected to make landfall

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Speaker 2: as a Category two system in Brisbane, but the area

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Speaker 2: it's expected to effect is far greater than just Brisbane.

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Speaker 2: So the warning zone at the time of recording stretches

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Speaker 2: expecting it to land as a category two system. When

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Speaker 2: it comes to categorizing systems in Australia, there are five categories.

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Speaker 2: What we mean when we say category two is that

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Speaker 2: we're expecting winds of up to one hundred and sixty

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Speaker 1: That's really interesting because I think when we hear that

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Speaker 1: But imagining one hundred and sixty kilometer per hour windmen speed,

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Speaker 1: it's huge. It's unimaginable. That's incredibly powerful.

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Speaker 2: It is, and authorities have warned it could make landfall

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Speaker 2: but that this isn't highly likely. They are expecting it

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Speaker 1: Exactly and a really densely populated area of the country.

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Speaker 1: Southeast Queensland is a very densely populated part of Australia,

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Speaker 1: and I mean it speaks to this apprehension that we're

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Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly. And I think it's also because we've known

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Speaker 2: It reached a severe Category four status east of Mackay.

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Speaker 1: You also mentioned though, that this is a cyclone expected

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Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly. So we now have this situation that the

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Speaker 1: Yeah. One of the huge I suppose areas of concern

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Speaker 2: I mean, you're exactly right to not recall it happening

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Speaker 1: Yees, So there really is that sort of element of

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Speaker 1: You know, we have known about this for some time.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, So I'll start first with Queensland and then I'll

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Speaker 2: So at the time that included things like getting tinned food,

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Speaker 1: I've heard David Crucifie speaking to that point. And the

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Speaker 2: Their way into those supermarkets exactly and At the same time,

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Speaker 1: Yeah, the Northern Rivers region has certainly been through it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly. And just before we move on, I did

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Speaker 2: Anthony Alban Easy. Yep, this cyclone was actually meant to

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Speaker 1: This is the one.

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Speaker 2: this cyclone is called Alfred and not Anthony.

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Speaker 1: Yes, so interesting, but obviously those quotes from the bomb

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Speaker 1: like learning out about that stuff. But back to cyclone Alfred.

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Speaker 1: As you said, this is an ever evolving kind of

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Speaker 1: know yet how it's going to evolve. How are people

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Speaker 1: being advised to stay informed these communities in these impacted

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I did really want to end on this note

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Speaker 2: because you know, obviously we are in information service and

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Speaker 2: like this, it is important to seek out verified sources

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Speaker 2: or local authorities to get your information, whether that be online,

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Speaker 2: is so much missing disinformation and that just flourishes during

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Speaker 2: go directly to that primary source. Local councils these really

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Speaker 2: really useful and reliable disaster dashboards. So most local councils

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Speaker 2: have these, and they include things like live warnings, evacuation locations,

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Speaker 2: is helpful to look up your local council and see

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Speaker 2: whether they do have one of these disaster dashboards because

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Speaker 2: they really bring together all of the disparate information in

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Speaker 2: trying to get the latest but then you're getting all

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Speaker 2: this information at the same time. Authorities are also recommending

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Speaker 2: that people find or buy a battery operated AMFM radio

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Speaker 2: those sort of mass power outages. And so if you

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Speaker 2: can't charge your phone, having one of these battery operated

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Speaker 2: date information, and I thought that's a really good thing

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Speaker 1: It's also a good kind of fall back for if

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Speaker 1: cell towers end up getting affected, if telecommunications providers can't

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Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly. And I do just want to end on

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Speaker 2: the note that the ABC is really vital during times

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Speaker 2: like this. Local radio plays a huge role. They are

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Speaker 2: all over these emergency situations and are also best place

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Speaker 2: top of the latest information there.

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Speaker 1: There are a couple of apps. There's a new South

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Speaker 1: some links to resources in the show notes that's such

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Speaker 1: helpful advice, Zara and really interesting information. Of course, over

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Speaker 1: on the Daily os we will be continuing to keep

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Speaker 1: a close eye on this one and we'll be updating

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Speaker 1: information regularly on our Instagram. And if you are listening

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Speaker 1: today in one of them, please impacted zones, please take

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