Category: cyclone

Cyclone warning for North Queensland

An emergency alert has been issued for Palm Island amid warnings a cyclone is likely to form off the north Queensland coast, bringing strong winds, heavy rain and abnormally high tides. A tropical cyclone watch is in place between Cape Flattery and Lucinda extending to Mareeba and Atherton. An emergency alert has been issued for…


Wild Weather Forecast for Parts of Western Australia

Communities in the West Kimberley and coastal Pilbara in Western Australia have been placed on alert, with the chance of a severe tropical cyclone developing. It is expected to bring wild wind and flooding over the weekend. Communities in the West Kimberley and coastal Pilbara have been told to stay alert as a developing tropical…


Rolling Updates: North Queensland Braces for Tropical Cyclone Kimi

Far North Queensland residents are battening down the hatches as Tropical Cyclone (TC) Kimi is expected to strengthen off the east coast and make landfall somewhere between Innisfail and Lucinda on Monday evening Tuesday. The Bureau of Meteorology said that as of 7 a.m. on Monday the weather system was 85 kilometres east-northeast of Cairns…


North Queensland Braces for Tropical Cyclone Kimi

Far North Queensland residents are battening down the hatches as Tropical Cyclone (TC) Kimi is expected to strengthen off the east coast and make landfall somewhere between Innisfail and Lucinda on Monday evening or Tuesday. The Bureau of Meteorology said that as of 7 a.m. on Monday the cyclone was 85 kilometres east-northeast of Cairns…