00:00Off the North Queensland coast, a storm is brewing, threatening to dump 250mm on rain-weary
00:10communities.
00:11She's pretty ordinary mate.
00:13Yeah, she's a bit of a worry.
00:15In Townsville, people are busy filling sandbags, as the tropical low, which could form into
00:21a cyclone, approaches.
00:22Hopefully the cyclone doesn't actually, hopefully it's just a big wet and not too big of sun.
00:27This year is pretty full on, so this year's got to be an improve.
00:30The system is expected to make landfall on Saturday.
00:34It's bringing strong winds and more heavy rain.
00:37That rainfall is likely to lead to both flash and riverine flooding, so a flood watch is
00:42current for catchments on the North River coast and the Herbert and Lower Burdick districts.
00:47In Cairns, shoppers are stocking up on essentials.
00:50The roads might be closed too.
00:52Yeah, no, I've got to cover.
00:53Of greatest concern is where the storm goes next.
00:56Modelling showing it could head inland from Sunday over the already flooded North West.
01:02It is a bit scary.
01:03Well, it's very scary actually.
01:06Estimates are 30,000 cattle have been lost to the floods, which will continue to rise until
01:12floodwaters recede.
01:13At the time of the storm, where the storm is not falling to the fromage.
01:14Which of the storm is not filling up to the floodwaters recede.
01:15At the time of the storm, the storm満州 is still there.
01:16It is very severe, but it's not very severe.
01:17It's very severe that the storm is off to the bottom of the storm.
01:18It has been veramente with a storm.
01:19It's definitely a stormy blasting in the storm.
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