{"id":358100,"date":"2025-03-05T13:09:05","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T03:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=358100"},"modified":"2025-03-06T15:16:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T05:16:24","slug":"disaster-group-on-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2025\/03\/05\/disaster-group-on-alert\/","title":{"rendered":"Disaster Group On Alert"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_358156\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-358156\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250305cyclonemap2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-358156\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250305cyclonemap2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250305cyclonemap2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250305cyclonemap2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-358156\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The tropical cyclone forecast track map issued by BOM at 4:44pm on Wednesday (Map: BOM)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>March 5, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The South Burnett Local Disaster Management Group (LDMG) moved to Alert status on Tuesday in response to Tropical Cyclone Alfred.<\/p>\n<p>The cyclone is forecast to cross the south-east Queensland coast at Category 2 strength late on Thursday or early on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The South Burnett should not see a direct impact from the cyclone.<\/p>\n<p>Council has asked the community to remain calm, but be prepared.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LDMG chair Cr Danita Potter urged residents to put emergency kits together if they have not already done so.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Please visit the Get Ready Queensland <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.getready.qld.gov.au\/get-prepared\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> <\/strong>for more information on what to pack in your kit,\u201d Cr Potter said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ensure you are tidying your yards and tie down loose objects.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Council is currently working with SES to ensure we have sandbags available over the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The LDMG will continue to work with partner agencies including the Bureau and Queensland Police to provide updates to the community as required. We will monitor the conditions and cyclone track maps over the coming days.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>External link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bom.gov.au\/qld\/warnings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BOM Queensland Warnings<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #006699;\"><strong>Emergency Help<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>In a life-threatening emergency, call Triple Zero 000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>For sandbagging \/ leaking roofs \/ roof damage, call 132-500 or download the \u201cSES Assistance QLD\u201d app (available on Android and Apple devices) if phone lines are busy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>To report damaged or flooded roads, call Council. The after-hours team is available on (07) 4189-9100.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #006699;\"><strong>Council Disaster Dashboards<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dashboard.southburnett.qld.gov.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>South Burnett<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/emergency.northburnett.qld.gov.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>North Burnett<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/disaster.gympie.qld.gov.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Gympie<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/disaster.tr.qld.gov.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Toowoomba<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/disaster.somerset.qld.gov.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Somerset<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/disaster.wdrc.qld.gov.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Western Downs<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250305cycloneadvice-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-358101\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250305cycloneadvice-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"760\" height=\"912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250305cycloneadvice-scaled.jpg 2133w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250305cycloneadvice-scaled-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250305cycloneadvice-scaled-853x1024.jpg 853w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250305cycloneadvice-768x922.jpg 768w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250305cycloneadvice-1280x1536.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250305cycloneadvice-1707x2048.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>[UPDATED]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The South Burnett Local Disaster Management Group moved to Alert status on Tuesday in response to Tropical Cyclone Alfred.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":358156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22,3],"tags":[1131],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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