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Tropical cyclone predicted to form on Tuesday as technical issues take Townsville radar offline
A tropical cyclone is expected to form on Tuesday morning off north Queensland and could reach category 3 strength, as the Bureau of Meteorology’s (BOM) Townsville radar remains offline.
Key points:
- The low is sitting 200 kilometres east of Innisfail
- The BOM is expecting it to form into a tropical cyclone tomorrow
- The Townsville radar could take days to repair after technical failures
A strengthening low is sitting in the monsoon trough just over 200 kilometres east of Innisfail, and a Flood Watch has been issued for coastal catchments between Cooktown and Rollingstone.
The system is expected to develop to tropical cyclone strength on Tuesday and will be called Niran.
But the BOM’s Townsville radar is offline due to a technical fault and will…
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