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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Graham Readfearn

Tropical Cyclone Kirrily: are back-to-back summer storms normal for Queensland?

The sun rises off the coast of Townsville on Wednesday ahead of the expected arrival of Tropical Cyclone Kirrily in parts of Queensland. It’s expected to make landfall near Townsville on Thursday.
The sun rises off the coast of Townsville on Wednesday ahead of the expected arrival of Tropical Cyclone Kirrily in parts of Queensland. The storm is expected to make landfall near Townsville on Thursday. Photograph: Ian Hitchcock/Getty Images

Queensland is bracing itself for a second cyclone of the summer with a low pressure system expected to intensify later on Wednesday into Tropical Cyclone Kirrily.

The storm comes after Tropical Cyclone Jasper caused devastating floods in far north Queensland in mid-December.

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