Thursday, March 22, 2012
Australia: Gulf of Carpentaria braced for overnight cyclone
Weatherzone News - Sunday, March 18, 2012, 5:32
Forecasters say a tropical low in the southern Gulf of Carpentaria in Queensland will become a cyclone sometime overnight.
Coastal and island communities were warned on Sunday to prepare for strong gales, flash flooding and abnormally high tides.
It has not formed yet, but the Bureau has already named it Mitchell.
Forecaster David Grant says parts of the region have already experienced rainfall totals of more than 224 millimetres.
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