Communities in Far North Queensland are preparing for destructive winds reaching around 260 km/h as Tropical Cyclone Narelle strengthens into a category five storm.
The system is expected to hold that intensity overnight before weakening slightly ahead of landfall, which is likely to occur on Friday morning at category four strength, still bringing dangerous conditions.
Here’s how you can follow the latest:
For live web news updates, ABC News Online.
The nearest scanner feeds are quite far south, but they are:
Queensland Fire and Emergency Services – QFES – FNQ – Cairns and Tablelands
Mareeba Police – includes the Atherton Tablelands
But, for live coverage on radio, listen to ABC doing what they do best. Emergency event live radio coverage, here.
ABC News Channel is also available on YouTube here:
