Overview
- Australia’s weather bureau cancelled the cyclone watch from Cooktown to Palm Island, with Tropical Low 29U making landfall near the Innisfail–Cardwell stretch this morning.
- Parts of Far North Queensland have already recorded extreme falls, including about 425mm on the Daintree River and up to 366mm near Cooktown, triggering flash flooding and a police flood emergency warning.
- Authorities warn of heavy to locally intense rain with six‑hour totals of 80–240mm and up to 300–350mm in 24 hours north of Tully toward Cape Melville, alongside possible gales and renewed river rises on saturated catchments.
- Emergency services have pre‑positioned swiftwater and fire crews from Cooktown to Ingham and as far south as Gladstone, with sandbag stations open and local Watch and Act alerts including for the Cassowary Coast.
- Forecasters expect the rain band and trough to shift south, bringing heavier falls to Townsville, Mackay and potentially Rockhampton on Saturday, then spreading into southeast Queensland, including Brisbane, on Sunday with 50–100mm possible.