We are thinking of communities in the Far Northern region affected by Tropical Cyclone Narelle.

Tropical Cyclone Narelle passed through the Far Northern region of the Marine Park as a Category 5 system and crossed the Queensland coast as a Category 4 on 20 March. The cyclone generated intense winds and strong wave action along its track in the Far Northern Region, with modelling also indicating wide-spread high wave action in the Northern region, particularly across offshore reefs. The extent of damage will be assessed in the coming weeks.

The El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) climate pattern, La Niña, continues to weaken, and conditions are expected to return to a neutral phase in early autumn. However, forecasts suggest that by winter, the system may shift into an El Niño phase, which often brings warmer and drier conditions to mu ...