Toilet Paper, Bulk Water: Panic Buying Sets in as Residents Brace for First Cyclone in 50 Years

Brisbane shoppers have been buying up in bulk as concerns linger around Cyclone Alfred making landfall later this week.

Customers rush to buy toilet paper at a Coles store in Sunnybank Hills in Brisbane, Australia on March 3, 2025, as residents prepare for Cyclone Alfred. Daniel Y. Teng/The Epoch Times

Brisbane metropolitan supermarket shelves are being stripped bare as locals brace for a once in a generation cyclone.

While frequent in the north of Queensland, the last time cyclone activity impacted the south-east corner of the state was in 1974, Cyclone Zoe.