The high-risk weather season is under way,with storms already providing a taste of what’s to come.
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Lincoln could bring heavy rain and strong winds to Western Australia’s interior as it moves southeast on Sunday.
Authorities have said Lincoln is now unlikely to redevelop into a cyclone but damaging wind gusts of 100km/h are still expected when it makes landfall on Saturday afternoon.
Ex-Cyclone Lincoln is drifting towards Western Australia but heatwave conditions and fire risks will remain for several days in the West,according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
A third cyclone in as many months has formed off the Australian coast as rain-lashed regions brace for more wild weather.
Yet another tropical cyclone may be brewing off Queensland’s coast barely a week after a severe weather system lashed the state’s north.
Crews have been working overnight to restore electricity for Queenslanders left without power after ex-tropical cyclone Kirrily lashed the state.
Nearly 3800 homes and businesses remain without power after heavy rain pummeled south-east Queensland in the early hours of the morning.
Thousands of Townsville residents remain without power as northern Queensland begins to clean up following Tropical Cyclone Kirrily.
The category-3 Tropical Cyclone Kirrily has blasted the North Queensland coast. Defence air support is on standby as huge winds and flooding will potentially cause havoc.
Wind gusts of that speed are capable of tearing roofs off buildings,bringing down powerlines and decimating crops.