Cyclone Kimi forms off Queensland

A tropical cyclone named Kimi has formed about 140 kilometres north-east of Cooktown.

It is currently a category one system and is expected to move south-west and cross the north tropical coast between Cape Flattery and Ingham on Monday morning, before 10:00am.

It may reach category two before making landfall.

As the cyclone approaches, gusts of 130kph could be felt between Cape Flattery and Cairns.

Forecaster Kimba Wong said the cyclone warning zone stretched from Cape Melville to Cardwell and the adjacent inland, where gusts up to 120kph could be felt from Sunday evening.

“We may start to see destructive wind gusts,” she said.

“Certainly a very dynamic system to keep across over the next couple of days.”

Ms Wong urged people in the region to…