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Cyclone Narelle: ‘compact’, dangerous and unusually predictable

Tropical Cyclone Narelle is currently a very dangerous Category 5 storm, sitting off the Far North Queensland Coast some 350 kilometres northeast of Cooktown. Formed in the Coral Sea, Narelle is packing a punch, with sustained winds near the centre of 205km per hour and wind gusts to 285km per hour.

Cyclone of the century intensifies to maximum strength

Cyclone Narelle has been upgraded to the maximum category five and could make a historic crossing for the first time in 100 years.

Cyclone Narelle: Cook Shire residents told to shelter as Lizard Island evacuated

Residents in the Cook Shire have been told to shelter in place, and guests staying on Lizard Island have been evacuated as Cyclone Narelle rapidly approaches the Far North Queensland coast.

‘I’d go down with the ship’: Cape residents batten down for Cyclone Narelle

From small-town shop owners and pubs to major mining operators, communities across Cape York are hunkering down as Category 5 Tropical Cyclone Narelle bears down on the region.

Tropical Cyclone Warning for Weipa, Coen, Cooktown, Peninsula, Gulf Country and North Tropical Coast and Tablelands

Location Cape York Peninsula between Lockhart River and Cape Tribulation, and between Mapoon and Pormpuraaw, including Coen, Cooktown, Weipa, and Aurukun. Control Authority Australian Bureau of Meteorology Queensland: People on Cape York Peninsula between Lockhart River,