Northern Australia’s Big Wet Continues, Cyclone Builds

Published on January 18, 2024

Another cyclone is set to threaten Australia’s flood-hit regions as heavy rain continues. A tropical low in the Coral Sea is set to turn towards the Queensland coast this weekend, with the system most likely becoming a tropical cyclone by Jan. 22. The Bureau of Meteorology said it could strengthen to a category 3 system or higher, possibly making a “severe impact” on the Queensland coast. A cyclone could cross the state’s east coast from Jan. 23 but it was too early to predict where it would make landfall. “The earliest possible [impact] is in the latter part of Tuesday but that’s not particularly likely,” a bureau spokesperson said....

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