Hundreds of thousands of people remain without power in Australia after a cyclone brought wild weather to the east coast. Communities in southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales (NSW) were beginning the clean-up on Sunday after the storm caused widespread flooding and knocked down power lines and trees.

A man died as massive downpours, vicious winds and flash floods submerged streets, toppled trees and power lines and caused to army trucks to crash.

Tropical storm Alfred could cause significant flooding in eastern Australia despite the slowly moving storm no longer being a cyclone.

Storm "Alfred" has knocked out power to over 300,000 buildings in eastern Australia. Though the cyclone has been downgraded to a tropical depression, authorities are urging residents to stay indoors.

Gusts and torrential rain have blacked out more than a quarter of a million properties and swamped parts of Australia's east coast, officials said Sunday, with one driver confirmed dead and a dozen troops injured in the wild weather.