The stormy season for Australia is from December to April and it eventually reduces. Inter-tropical Convergence Zone is the place where these disturbances originate and gradually starts shifting. Every disturbance doesn’t become a storm, nearly 40% of the disturbances fizzle out. Rest 60% become storm because of favourable water conditions.
The eastern coast of Australia including Brisbane has been lashed with heavy rains in past two to three days wherein 100 mm of rains have been recorded.
Yet another Tropical Cyclonic storm, Trevor has formed, which is the third storm in a week’s time in Southern Hemisphere. This Tropical Cyclone would become Cat I in another 12 hours and is positioned at 12°S and 146°E in South Pacific Ocean. It is heading towards Queensland and is in the northeastern part of Australia. It is expected to strike as Cat I by tomorrow morning and make landfall at Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland. Trevor's strength is equivalent to a tropical storm in the Atlantic and northern Pacific oceans. This storm would bring in heavy rain, abnormal high tides, destructive winds and flooding to large portion of the Cape York Peninsula.
The storm will have a distinction of striking Australia twice. It would weaken after making landfall and on entering the Gulf of Carpentaria it would once again gain strength of CAT I, II, III, IV because of favorable water conditions. The Northern territory of the country would be flooded with heavy rains and strong winds. By late Thursday night or early Friday morning, it would hit northwest Gulf of Carpentaria.
According to experts, the second landfall would be much stronger wherein the wind speed will exceed 200 kmph at the time of landfall.
The Bureau of Meteorology has already issued a warning for Logan, Scenic Rim, Gold Coast, Redland City, Sunshine Coast, Brisbane City and Moreton Bay council areas as the storms move east to north-east.
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