Tropical Cyclone Imogen delivers falls of more than 200mm to Queensland Gulf communities

More than 1,000 people have been without power in Queensland’s Gulf of Carpentaria since 3:00pm on Sunday after Tropical Cyclone Imogen travelled through the region overnight.

TC Imogen crossed land just north of Karumba at about 9:00pm, dumping plenty of rain on townships.

Normanton Airport recorded 259 millimetres, with 186mm of that falling in just three hours.

Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Ricus Lombard said TC Imogen was expected to be downgraded from a cyclone today.

“Currently [TC Imogen] is still sitting in that marginal, low end of Cat [Category] 1 so it is still continuing as a Cat 1, but expected to ease off as we go through the morning into the afternoon,” he said.

“Given that it’s a Cat 1 there’s a significant…