{"id":520054,"date":"2026-03-05T10:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T10:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/520054\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T10:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T10:04:09","slug":"cyclone-risk-still-high-as-second-tropical-low-could-hit-brisbane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/520054\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyclone risk still high as second tropical low could hit Brisbane"},"content":{"rendered":"

The risk of a cyclone<\/a> still remains for northern Queensland<\/a>, while other parts of the state are being warned to brace for heavy rains.<\/p>\n

According to Weatherzone, a tropical low forming off the Queensland coast could make landfall near Townsville on Friday, with a moderate chance it will turn into a cyclone.<\/p>\n

Even if the low doesn’t reach full intensity, the impacts will be felt far and wide across the state.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe tropical low could form into a cyclone over northern parts of the state as early as Friday. (Weatherzone)<\/p>\n

“The impacts for northern Queensland should include heavy rain, localised flash flooding and blustery winds as it approaches and crosses the coast,” Weatherzone’s Ben Domensino said.<\/p>\n

“Following landfall, the low pressure system is expected to move inland, allowing rain and storms to spread over northern Queensland into the weekend and possible early next week.”<\/p>\n

The Bureau of Meteorology<\/a> expects up to 130mm of rain to fall in Cooktown, with around 90mm possible in Port Douglas, and falls of up to 70mm in Cairns<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, Domensino warns a new weather system could cause heavy rain in other parts of the state.<\/p>\n

\"RainRain is expected for much of the Queensland coast, including Brisbane and the Gold Coast. (Weatherzone)<\/p>\n

“Some computer models suggest that a second low-pressure system could track towards the south near the Queensland coast later this week,” he said.<\/p>\n

“If this does happen, rain and storms could also spread over central and southeast Queensland from Friday into the weekend, with the potential for moderate to heavy falls.”<\/p>\n

Brisbane<\/a> will receive showers today, with falls of up to 10mm possible, with similar rain predicted for the Gold Coast<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, this could rise to 40mm of rain on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The risk of a cyclone still remains for northern Queensland, while other parts of the state are being…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":520055,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-520054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}