Cyclone Narelle could bring wind gusts of up to 285km/h, the Bureau of Meteorology said. Residents in Queensland and the Northern Territory have been urged to stay alert. Tropical Cyclone Narelle is expected to bring severe impact to Far North Queensland on Friday,

The cyclone is expected to make landfall in Far North Queensland on Friday, March 20, before tracking westward toward the eastern Northern Territory over the weekend.

Cyclone Narelle has made landfall in Far North Queensland as a Category 4 system on Friday morning with wind gusts of over 270km/h.

Ahead of Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle's expected impact on the eastern Top End, about 500 people from one community have been evacuated to Darwin, while others prepare to "shelter in place".

Nightcliff High School will be transformed into a temporary evacuation staging centre for hundreds of remote residents removed from the community today as Category 5 Cyclone Narelle bears down.

Dozens of parks, reserves and sporting grounds across the Greater Darwin Region have been closed due to “recent wet weather,” as the council’s cyclone clean up nears its third-month.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Powerful wind gusts and record rainfall hit Darwin, Australia, this weekend. The storm tore up trees, and left almost 20,000 residents without power. Locals captured this eyewitness ...

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,