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Keira Jenkins and Kat Wong

Cyclone menace forming on doorstep of flood-hit region

A tropical low in the Coral Sea is expected to develop into a cyclone which will be named Kirrily. (Brian Cassey/AAP PHOTOS)

A severe tropical cyclone forming off the Queensland coast might be more destructive than the system that devastated the far north barely a month ago.

North Queensland is bracing for a category three cyclone to make a "severe impact" when it crosses the coast as early as Wednesday, with winds of 120km/h predicted.

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