Millions of residents along Australia’s eastern coast are bracing for the arrival of a very slow-moving storm, the strongest tropical cyclone to threaten the region in more than 50 years. Tropical Cyclone Alfred is expected to make landfall early Saturday with the strength of an Atlantic tropical storm.

Australian officials urge people to stay indoors or evacuate as Cyclone Alfred nears the east coast:: Sydney, AustraliaMike Wassing/Commissioner/State Emergency Service/New South Wales"Whilst some of the overnight conditions may not have been as bad as people may have expected,

Thousands of residents in Australia's east were ordered to evacuate ahead of Tropical Cyclone Alfred's landfall on Saturday as the storm brought heavy rains, huge waves and strong winds that cut off power,