Tropical Cyclone Maila: Far North Queensland Braces

0:00Severe Tropical Cyclone Myla is barreling toward Far North Queensland, set to slam into Cape York Peninsula this Sunday afternoon with fierce winds. And heavy rain, it's a Category 3 system right now, packing a punch but not as brutal as folks my fear. Unlike X Tropical Cyclone Norell, which hit Category 5 last month and tore through the same area, Myla is bigger in size but expected to stay, weaker overall. Forecasters say it will track southwest over the Solomon Sea before possibly easing up as it crosses Papua New Guinea's mountains into the Coral Sea. Exact landfall is still fuzzy, somewhere between Cooktown and the peninsula's tip. Tourism bosses up there are pleading with visitors not to ditch their plans. Operators in spots like Port Douglas, hundreds of kilometers south, point out it's like the gap from Melbourne to Canberra and all far enough that past storms. Barely touch them. They lost big on cancellations after Norell, even though conditions cleared up quick and

1:02the rain just greened the rainforest. This season has been wild, with 10 Tropical Cyclones in the Australian region already, six reaching Category 3, or higher, way above the usual 3, or 4 landfalls. If Myla hits as expected, it'll mark the 7th, pushing numbers slightly over average for the November to April stretch. Sunfall should stick mostly to far north, with some extra showers possibly drifting south along the coast afterward. Southern Queensland stays sunny and warm, so keep eyes on updates, but no need to panning just yet. Sydney News Today, powered by AI Bringing You A Matters. I'm Corey with The Story.