Low-pressure system brings destructive winds to the north Queensland coast. Follow the day’s news live
Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of the Tropical Cyclone Kirrily, which hit on Townsville last night as a category-three storm.
The cyclone crossed the Queensland coast at 10pm.
Winds near gale force in Townsville … with gusts to 82km/h. Conditions should ease further in coming hours.
It will carry a lot of that moisture with it, gradually pushing it through central and then more western parts of Queensland.
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