Jesinta Franklin has updated her fans on the state of her Gold Coast home after it was battered by Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred.
In a series of Instagram Stories, the AFL WAG offered a glimpse at her candle-lit Queensland mansion after the electricity went out.
‘No water now. I think we’re in for the long haul here. Last nights weather seemed worse than what we’ve had the last few days’ she wrote.
‘The rain is so intense. Heavy and relentless. Check in on your mates… the clean up is gonna be a big one.
‘The positive about today – some shops are starting to open! So we can do a restock of essentials.’
In a second post, she panned around her backyard pool as winds whipped and rain poured down.
Jesinta Franklin has updated her fans on the state of her Gold Coast home after it was battered by Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred. Pictured with her husband Lance ‘Buddy’ Franklin
‘We have honestly been so lucky. There is zero damage to our home, everyone we know and love is safe’ Jesinta wrote.
‘But that isn’t everyone’s reality and there’s a lot of damage to so many homes.’
The day prior, the glamorous model, 33, shared a gallery of clips to social media on Friday night in which she revealed several of her family members were staying at their $8.75million mansion ahead of the cyclone striking.
The model shared a clip of the food on the dining table in their living room, which was now without electricity, and captioned it with some alarming words.
‘We have eight extra family and friends who have been evacuated to our home to bunker down,’ Jesinta began.
She added they were having to improvise during meal times due to being without electricity.
‘No power, TV being run off a generator (priorities ha) and pea and ham soup and homemade bread baked on the barbecue,’ she wrote.
‘The wind is absolutely howling outside and the heavy rain has set in. Stay safe.’
In a series of Instagram Stories, the AFL WAG offered a glimpse at her candle-lit Queensland mansion after the electricity went out
‘We have honestly been so lucky. There is zero damage to our home, everyone we know and love is safe’ Jesinta wrote
She said the wind gusts outside the home were causing significant distress.
‘The thing hasn’t even hit yet and the sound is deafening already. We’re being told to brace for impact in the early hours of tomorrow morning.’
Earlier this week, Jesinta’s husband Lance ‘Buddy’ Franklin climbed onto the roof of his lavish mansion to prepare for Tropical Cyclone Alfred’s arrival.
The former AFL star, 38, was seen clearing out his gutters in video footage shared to Instagram by his wife Jesinta.
With the ominous cloudy skies as his backdrop, Buddy wasted no time making sure his luxury home was well prepped to stand against the coming storm.
Jesinta captioned the video with ‘gutters done’ before sharing several more posts detailing how the couple and their family are preparing for the category two cyclone.
The former Miss Universe Australia posted clips of the huge waves battering Burleigh Heads as she picked up children Tullulah, five, and Rocky, four, from school.
She then showed herself sitting in a car as rain began to pour, writing: ‘It’s starting to get heavy now. Praying this isn’t as bad as what they think it will be.’
The day prior, the glamorous model, 33, shared a gallery of clips to social media on Friday night in which she revealed several of her family members were staying at their $8.75million mansion ahead of the cyclone striking
Jesinta ended her commentary with a black and white picture of Buddy walking into Toymate as the family ‘stocked up on some new board and card games’.
As Cyclone Alfred tracks toward Australia’s east coast, some of the country’s biggest celebrities had been bracing themselves for the worst.
Hollywood star Chris Hemsworth and Channel Nine’s Karl Stefanovic both had multimillion-dollar properties at risk.
The worst of the weather hit the South East Coast of Queensland, which takes in the Gold Coast and is home to some of Australia’s most sought after beach-side real estate.
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred made landfall between Brisbane and Maroochydore at 9pm Queensland time on Saturday.
Authorities have warned that south-east Queensland and northern NSW are in for a battering with heavy rain, gale force winds and flash flooding bombarding the region.
The tropical cyclone was the first to hit south-east Queensland and north-east NSW in over 50 years.
Follow Daily Mail Australia’s live coverage of the cyclone’s movements.
