Cyclone Narelle makes landfall in northern Qld as category 4 system
Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle has made landfall in far north Queensland, crossing the Cape York Peninsula coast between Lockhart River and Coen as a category 4 system.
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Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle has made landfall in far north Queensland, crossing the Cape York Peninsula coast between Lockhart River and Coen as a category 4 system.
Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle is gaining strength over the Coral Sea as it barrels towards northern Queensland, with clear signs that it could intensify further before making landfall on Thursday night or Friday morning.
Tropical Cyclone Narelle is forecast to become a powerful category 5 system – the highest tier on the Australian cyclone scale – before making landfall over northern Queensland later this week.
Severe thunderstorms caused intense rain and flash flooding in parts of Sydney on Wednesday morning, with more rain and storms on the way in the coming days.
A tropical cyclone is likely to hit northern Queensland later this week, with the Bureau of Meteorology predicting a category three severe tropical cyclone to make landfall in the state’s north.
The Southern Hemisphere’s autumnal equinox will occur later this week, marking the date when day and night are roughly equal in length across Australia.
More than 100 mm of rain has fallen at Uluru over the last two days as a plume of tropical moisture fuels unusually heavy rain in central Australia.
A surge of very moist southeasterly winds is bringing heavy rain to Qld's North Tropical Coast district today, Sunday 15th March.
Severe thunderstorms crossing southeast Queensland with a slow-moving trough on Friday 13th, brought heavy rainfall and flash flooding to the region, with some of the heaviest falls occurring over the Greater Brisbane area.