‘Things Are Really Bad’: Category 4 Cyclone Narelle Strikes Australian Coast

‘The best place right now is for you to remain exactly where you are,’ said Premier David Crisafulli.
‘Things Are Really Bad’: Category 4 Cyclone Narelle Strikes Australian Coast
Screenshot from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology of Cyclone Narelle. Courtesy of the Bureau of Meterology, Commonwealth Government
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A powerful category four cyclone has made landfall on Australia’s northern coast, bringing destructive wind gusts as authorities warn it will move quickly and forcefully.

Residents are urged to take immediate shelter as Tropical Cyclone Narelle passes just north of Coen on Queensland’s Cape York Peninsula.