Cyclone models predict more than 1 metre of rain as system approaches Queensland | ABC News
Cyclone Kirrily is expected to be declared overnight or early tomorrow morning, according to the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), as the slow-moving system tracks towards the Queensland coast.
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The system is forecast to make landfall late on Thursday between Cardwell and Airlie Beach as a category two cyclone and is currently 760 kilometres east-north-east of Townsville.
A cyclone watch area extends from Cairns to Ayr, excluding Cairns but including Townsville, Mackay and St Lawrence.
There is a warning zone from Ayr to Mackay, including Mackay, Bowen and the Whitsunday Islands.
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