04/03/2026
++THIS WARNING IS NO LONGER CURRENT++
4 March 2026 | 3:20PM
The Douglas Local Disaster Management Group advises people in the Douglas Local Government Area to ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐๐ก ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ๐ญ.
In life threatening situations, call Triple Zero (000) immediately. For non-life-threatening flood and storm emergency assistance call the SES on 132 500 or download the SES Assistance QLD App.
๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ?
The Bureau of Meteorology advises:
๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐๐บ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐๐ฅ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ถ๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ด, ๐๐ข๐ช๐ณ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ ๐๐ด๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐ธ 29๐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐บ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐บ. ๐๐ข๐ป๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ 100 ๐ฌ๐ฎ/๐ฉ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ช๐ณ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ฉ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐๐ฉ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฅ๐ข๐บ, ๐ช๐ง 29๐ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ด ๐ง๐ถ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ต.
The tropical low could cross the coast between location Cooktown and Innisfail on Friday. Conditions will get worse as it gets closer to land.
๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ:
โข Very strong winds that could knock down trees, powerlines
โข Power, phone, internet, and water might stop working.
โข Heavy rain may cause flooding
โข Roads could be blocked by debris or flood water. Some areas may be isolated.
โข Stores may be closed and limit access to groceries and essential items.
๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ:
โข Find out how to ready for a tropical cyclone at at the Get Ready Queensland website (Get Prepared) and make an emergency kit.
โข Clean up around your home and tie down anything outside that could blow away in strong winds.
โข Find out how to safely turn off power, solar, water, and gas to your house. Be ready to turn it off if told to.
โข Tell friends, family, and neighbours in the area.
๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ, ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ซ:
โข Campers and caravanners should start packing up now.
โข If you do not need to be in the warning area, leave now. Check road conditions and plan your route before you leave.
โข If you stay, ask accommodation staff where to shelter if the cyclone comes.
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๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง:
โข Follow the Douglas Disaster Dashboard here dashboard.douglas.qld.gov.au.
โข Listen to your local radio ABC Far North 639 AM
โข Check the latest weather, warnings, rainfall, and river heights at the Bureau of Meteorology Queensland website.
โข Check road closures at the QLD Traffic website or for phone service call 13 19 40.