Ex-tropical cyclone Alfred lingered off the south-east Australian coast on Saturday and forecasters said Brisbane is likely to miss the worst of the storm, a relief for millions of residents in the region who have been staying indoors.

A body has been found amid a search for a missing elderly man who was swept away in floodwaters near Dorrigo in New South Wales as Alfred lashed Australia’s eastern coast with heavy rains. Two Australian states have been swamped by flooding as the storm continued to linger off the coast of Queensland,

The slow-moving tropical storm, named Alfred, is on track to bring dangerous winds and flooding along the coast of Queensland and New South Wales, including Brisbane.