‘Something’s Coming’: Local Mayor Braces for First Category 5 Cyclone in 100 Years

‘I couldn’t sleep last night, I just had that funny feeling,’ said Lockhart River Mayor Wayne Butcher.

Screenshot from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology of Cyclone Narelle. Courtesy of the Bureau of Meterology, Commonwealth Government

Seven years after a cyclone devastated his remote community, local mayor Wayne Butcher woke up with a funny feeling.

There was no wind or rain about at Lockhart River on Queensland’s Cape York Peninsula early on Thursday.