Cyclone made landfall just north of Coen as category 4

The eye of Cyclone Narelle crossed the cape about 50 kilometres north of Coen, a small community in the Cook Shire.

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00:01What was predicted did scare us a bit, we did prep for the worse which is what you should

00:08do and what everyone done around here. We're still indoors and we're currently safe but

00:18the mind has definitely eased a little bit. Yeah it's a bit windy but we definitely feel

00:24a bit better about it. The Coen River that's behind us, it's sort of, it's sort of still

00:34it is rising but not as quick as it was. It rose quick there at the first hour or so

00:38but

00:39it feels like it's sort of steady but still rising. But we're definitely safe for now and

00:50definitely feel better.