Cyclone QLD

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Low-pressure system off Queensland coast 'could be a cyclone by ... (ABC News)

The ocean and storm clouds in the distance. The bureau has forecast gale-force winds and rough seas from Wednesday. (ABC News).

Meteorologist Livio Regano said it was hard to know more about the situation until "we see the whites of the eyes" of the storm mid-week, but he expects the weather around the state to be relatively normal for February. The bureau said the likelihood of the system becoming a tropical cyclone is low on Tuesday, moderate on Wednesday and high on Thursday when it is expected to track south east, away from the coast. A low-pressure system developing near Vanuatu is expected to "rapidly intensify" into a tropical cyclone mid-week as it moves towards the Queensland coast, the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has warned.

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Cyclone Freddy could haunt more than Queensland's dreams (Brisbane Times)

A tropical cyclone will form off North Queensland in the next three days potentially impacting coastal areas hit by floods last month, but it's unlikely to ...

Based on this, a direct impact or landfall is not expected at this stage.” The system will then rapidly intensify into a tropical cyclone as it moves west and it could intensify into a severe cyclone by Wednesday night or the early hours of Thursday. The Bureau of Meteorology says a tropical low forming near Vanuatu is expected to move west over the Coral Sea on Monday and Tuesday towards the North Queensland city of Mackay.

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QLD cyclone: BOM Brisbane predicts low in Coral Sea to 'rapidly ... (7NEWS.com.au)

'It will make a 90-degree turn, down the Queensland coast, toward the southeast.'

“The low is expected to rapidly intensify to a tropical cyclone as it continues to move west on Wednesday,” the Bureau of Meteorology said in a note published late on Sunday. “We’ll see that system approach the Townsville and Mackay coasts on Thursday, and that’s when we’ll start to see those winds pick up,” said How. [Queensland](https://7news.com.au/news/qld)’s first [cyclone](https://7news.com.au/weather/severe-weather) of the season could soon form, with a low in the Coral Sea expected to “rapidly intensify” in the coming days.

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Tropical low tipped to develop into cyclone off Qld coast – myGC ... (myGC.com.au)

The first tropical cyclone of the season is expected to creep towards the Queensland coast this week. A tropical low near the Solomon Islands is forecast ...

The system is also expected to bring large swells to parts of the Queensland coast. The cyclone is expected to remain off the coast before turning towards the south on Thursday. The first tropical cyclone of the season is expected to creep towards the Queensland coast this week.

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Tropical cyclone expected to form off Queensland coast by ... (9News)

Three potential tropical cyclones are lurking off the Queensland coast, with one expected to develop into a...

How said the potential cyclone was expected to remain far enough offshore that no rain is expected. BoM meteorologist Jonathan How said the system was expected to approach Townsville and Mackay before pulling a "90-degree turn" and heading southward off the coast on Friday and Saturday. A low pressure system tracking from the Solomon Islands is expected to move towards Queensland and could become a tropical cyclone as early as Wednesday.

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Potential cyclone to form off QLD coast (Sky News Australia)

Queenslanders are on alert as a potential cyclone is forming in the Coral Sea with early modelling indicating a low-pressure system near the Solomon Islands ...

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Tropical cyclone Freddy likely to form off Queensland coast (The Guardian)

A tropical low forming near Vanuatu is expected to move west towards Mackay, but is not currently forecast to make landfall.

Based on this, a direct impact or landfall is not expected at this stage.” “There is considerable risk that the system could be close to the east coast of Queensland, off Mackay by Thursday,” the bureau said in an alert on Sunday night. A tropical cyclone – likely to be named Freddy – could form off the coast of north

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Inside the Qld properties with purpose-built 'cyclone shelters' (Realestate)

If Freddy – the predicted cyclone that is – goes Krueger on the Queensland coast, these properties with cyclone shelters might just be the best places to ...

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