Tropical cyclone Narelle now a category 3
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Follow our rolling coverage as the cyclone barrels towards the Queensland coastline, with emergency crews sent north and communities starting evacuations or hunkering down.
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Cyclone Narelle to reach category 5 before Queensland landfall
Tropical Cyclone Narelle is forecast to become a powerful category 5 system before making landfall over northern Queensland later this week.
Coastal communities are bracing for winds of up to 285kmh as Tropical Cyclone Narelle bears down on the Northern Territory.