It's almost 2:30am in Brisbane, which means we're going to wrap up Wednesday's live blog and move over into Thursday's for a fresh start to the day.

Come join us as we continue our around-the-clock coverage.

Remember, ABC Emergency is also broadcasting regular warnings on ABC Radio. You can find more information, including a map of all the warnings, by clicking here.

• Brisbane: 612AM,
• Gold Coast: 91.7FM
• Sunshine Coast: 90.3FM, 95.3FM or 1566AM
• Wide Bay: 855AM, 100.1FM, 88.3FM
• NSW North Coast Richmond and Tweed: 94.5 FM 
• Murwillumbah: 720 AM  
• Grafton: 738 AM

You can also find these stations on the ABC Listen App.

My colleague Thomas Morgan pointed out that damaging wind gusts from Tropical Cylone Alfred's western edge are already starting to impact parts of the coast.

Here's a look at the radar from about an hour ago showing the beginnings of Alfred in action.

Diabetes Australia is urging people with the disease to make an emergency kit ahead of TC Alfred's arrival. 

The kit should include: 

• Blood glucose monitoring equipment 
• Batteries
• Insulin
• Oral medications and prescriptions
• Non-perishable food and water supplies
• Glucose tablets or other quick acting hypoglycemia treatments, such as jellybeans or cans of softdrinks.

CEO Justine Kane says diabetics to make a plan to keep their insulin cold if the power goes out. 

"Cold storage is an important part of insulin management and keeping the insulin able to be used so it's important that it's in a fridge while the fridge is working and then move it to an esky if your power goes out," he says. 

Hi Liam, good question — at this point it's hard to say when (or even where) Alfred will make landfall. Cyclones are notoriously unpredictable.

Earlier on Wednesday, the BoM was forecasting Alfred was likely to make landfall late on Thursday or early on Friday morning. 

That has now slipped, because Alfred has slowed down. The most recent warning from the BOM says "the centre of Alfred is expected to cross the coast during Friday".

Again, that doesn't have a certain time. 

It's also important to note the BoM is warning the impacts of Alfred are arriving well before the eye of the storm, with destructive wind gusts developing from late Thursday.

The Bureau of Meteorology has released its latest tropical cyclone track map and forecast.

As of 10:54pm AEST, the BOM says impacts from Tropical Cyclone Alfred are increasing.

The tropical cyclone warning zone extends from Double Island Point in Queensland to Grafton in New South Wales, including Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Byron Bay and Ballina but not including Grafton.

"Tropical Cyclone Alfred will continue its approach towards the southeast Queensland coast, with the far western edge already impacting the coast from about Coolangatta to Ballina.

"Alfred is a category 2 cyclone, and is forecast to maintain this intensity as it continues to approach the southeast Queensland coast.

"The centre of Alfred is expected to cross the coast during Friday, most likely between Maroochydore and Coolangatta."

Right now, it says damaging wind gusts of 120 kilometres an hour are developing near the coast from Coolangatta to Ballina.

"DESTRUCTIVE WIND GUSTS of up to 155 kilometres per hour may develop about coastal and island locations near and to the south of the track, possibly as far south as about Cape Byron, late Thursday or early Friday as Alfred's destructive core approaches and crosses the coast."

We're keeping this blog running right through this evening and into Thursday morning to bring you the latest warnings.

And please make sure you stay listening to your local ABC radio station with a battery-operated radio as Alfred nears the coast.

Brisbane City Council is warning of severe disruptions to its services in coming days.

In a post on social media, the council has warned the city's four rubbish tips will be closed until further notice, as will its customer service centres, libraries pools, golf courses and community halls.

Rubbish collection and kerbside pick up are suspended.

And pedestrian footpaths along the Story Bridge have been closed.

The council says these steps are due to the significant risk of TC Alfred.

See the full list of closures here:

Reporting by Kevin Nguyen from ABC News Verify

Earlier, search results on Facebook for "Cyclone Alfred" were producing no relevant results. 

Meta, the parent company for Facebook, said it has now resolved the issue and blamed it on a "technical issue".

"Facebook has not intentionally blocked or hidden search results relating to Cyclone Alfred," a spokesperson for the company said. 

"We did experience a technical issue, which our teams have been working to resolve, and relevant information should now be available for most users.

"We apologise for the mistake and hope everyone stays safe."

You can read the full story here:

Gold Coast Acting Mayor Donna Gates spoke to ABC News Channel earlier about what residents can do to ease stress about their properties flooding.

She said people should start with checking their respective city/local area's dashboards.

"If they just Google 'dashboard Gold Coast', there's a link that will come up and it shows the flood modelling for a couple of different scenarios. 

We've prepared as thoroughly as we possibly can so that people know, even if a little tiny bit of water is going to cross their property, or what the full extent might be in the very worst-case scenario."

You can check if your homes are at risk of flooding by plugging in your address into the dashboards here:

• Gold Coast
• Brisbane
• Sunshine Coast
• Northern Rivers

Reporting by Owen Jaques

The Nambour Showgrounds is a designated “refuge centre” for those needing a place of safety as the cyclone approaches.

Mayor Rosanna Natoli said there were already 50 horses registered, along with a small number of residents.

One of those horses is Taco the pony with her owner – four-year-old Elsie.

Elsie says Taco enjoys eating grass and escaping.

Gracie the donkey is also staying at the centre.

Both Taco and Gracie are spending some time at the showgrounds because their usual home is prone to flooding.

While the cyclone is still a ways off, it's effect is already being felt.

Check this out from Currumbin this afternoon. 

President of the Currumbin Surf Lifesaving Club John Brennan says the club near where this was filmed has already found itself “water bound”.

“We’ve got water all around us, the club sits on a rock out towards the water. As of lunch time we’ve lost the carpark, all our roller doors at ground level have blown in, so now we’re just waiting to see what the next few days will bring.”

Mr Brennan says the size of the swell is worrying.

“We don’t know but they’re saying it could get up to 8 to 10 metres. We’ve seen the damage that it’s doing at say 4 and 5 metres.”