Storm leaves thousands of Queensland homes without power

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Hundreds of thousands of people in Australia's Queensland state were without power on Sunday (March 9) after Alfred, a downgraded tropical cyclone, brought strong winds and heavy rains, sparking flood warnings. - REUTERS

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00:00Yeah, she fell right on top of the power line, it's just touching it, really hoping that

00:11the tree stays where it is and doesn't fall any further.

00:14We were sleeping in the hallway to try and stay out of, you know, any danger, and it

00:20wasn't the most comfortable night's sleep, but yeah, we're just glad to be able to still

00:25be here and we won't hurt, so yeah, it's all good.

00:34We actually manage the caravan park across the road here, and we've just realised that

00:38we've got two big trees have come down and pulled fencing up and things, so we'll spend

00:44most of the day assessing that and trying to clean that up.

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