Severe erosion caused by Australia's Tropical Cyclone Alfred revealed parts of a ship that was washed ashore along a beach about 130 years ago.

One man died in floodwaters, the authorities said, and over 330,000 customers were without power in South East Queensland.

Alfred – which was downgraded from a cyclone before it made landfall – has turned beaches into cliffs. Erosion is so extreme that long, steep slopes up to six-metres high have formed. At least one person was killed and four others remain missing,