1 day ago · In short: Tropical Cyclone Alfred has formed about 840 kilometres north-east of Cairns off the Queensland coast. The system is predicted to move further offshore before potentially turning towards ...

Dec 18, 2023 · More than a century of flood records were broken in rivers just outside of Cairns and the Daintree, as ex-Tropical Cyclone Jasper dumped unrelenting rain over the region, with flood warnings still ...

5 days ago · Active cyclones in the broader region may however bring periods of strong winds, heavy rain and flash flooding to Cairns. If a cyclone is developing, the Cairns Disaster Group will keep residents informed via this website, the Cairns Disaster Dashboard, and the Cairns Disaster Centre Facebook page. Information will also come from local media.

Dec 18, 2023 · Cairns, a city of more than 150,000 people known as the gateway to the Great Barrier Reef, has been almost entirely cut off by heavy rains brought by the remnants of Tropical Cyclone Jasper,...

Jan 20, 2024 · A cyclone will "more likely than not" cross the Queensland coast next week, with the chance it could develop into a category three system, according to the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM).

3 days ago · There is rainfall forecast today for Cairns, Mackay and Rockhampton. Storms are possible in western and far northern Queensland. Another tropical low, known as "21U" is developing north-west of ...

Dec 13, 2023 · Jasper had intensified from a category 1 storm on a 5-tier scale before it became the first cyclone of the current season to hit Australia, Queensland state Deputy Premier Steven Miles said. The cyclone crossed near the Aboriginal community of Wujal Wujal, 110 kilometers (68 miles) north of Cairns, a city of 160,000.

Currently located 505km east northeast of Cairns, in the state’s Far North, the tropical low is moving at a speed of about 6km per hour eastwards. Sustained winds near the centre of the low ...

Jan 29, 2025 · Rainfall exceeding 300mm has smashed Cairns and surrounding areas over the past two days. As the threat of a tropical cyclone looms in the Coral Sea off the coast of Cairns, the state's north has been pummelled by massive rainfall which has turned into a …

3 days ago · Thousands of coastal residents across the state are monitoring a potential cyclone forming 400km off Queensland’s north-east coast near Cairns, north of Townsville. ...