{"id":533740,"date":"2026-03-20T00:11:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T00:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/533740\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T00:11:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T00:11:08","slug":"tracker-forecast-map-landfall-narelle-bears-down-on-coast-with-very-destructive-285km-h-wind-gusts-emergency-alert-issued-for-towns-in-firing-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/533740\/","title":{"rendered":"Tracker; Forecast; Map; Landfall; Narelle bears down on coast with &#8216;very destructive&#8217; 285km\/h wind gusts; Emergency alert issued for towns in firing line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Rebecca Masters19 Mar 2026 22:47<\/p>\n<p>Bureau meteorologist Matthew Collopy has told us in the most recent update that the cyclone is crossing the coast between Lockhart River and Coen.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s moving west at 23km\/h and will move across the cape just to the north of Aurukun this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>When it hits the gulf, it will weaken to a category 2 cyclone before it regains its strength as it moves towards the Northern Territory tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s packing wind gusts in excess of 250km\/h near the centre and gusts of about 160km\/h are expected between Lockhart River and Cape Flattery, with gusts of 120km\/h across the entire Cape York Peninsula, Collopy said.<\/p>\n<p>Heavy rain has already set in.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve already seen 150mm at Wenlock River just to the south of Lockhart and we&#8217;re seeing 100mm at Wujal Wujal and Coen,&#8221; Collopy said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Over the next 24 to 48 hours we are expecting totals in excess of 200mm from Ingham right the way up the coast to Lockhart River and across the Cape.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Those totals will increase to in excess of 500mm for areas north of about Cooktown and very real possibility of flash flooding.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Rebecca Masters19 Mar 2026 22:47 Bureau meteorologist Matthew Collopy has told us in the most recent update&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":533741,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":["post-533740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=533740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/533741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}