Cyclone Threatens Northern Australia, Flood Recovery Slow

This is Corey with the story, here with your quick two-minute update from Adelaide News

today.

A tropical low in the coral sea is strengthening and could turn into a cyclone by Wednesday

or Thursday.

It's heading toward Far North Queensland, expected to make landfall north of Cooktown.

Forecasters say it might regroup over the Gulf of Carpentaria and hit the Northern Territory

after that.

This comes right after heavy flooding battered the region.

Far North Queensland saw more than 400mm of rain in just two days near Mossman, leading

to flash floods and rescues.

It's part of a very wet season that's already set rainfall records in many northern areas.

Communities are reeling from the impacts.

Two Chinese backpackers died when their car went off a bridge and to flood waters north

of Brisbane.

In the Northern Territory, flood levels at Daily River hit a new record of 16.42m, submerging

every building.

Examples have sent troops and emergency teams from Victoria to help.

Recovery is underway but slow.

In Catherine, the hospital is operating again.

Power is mostly back and schools have reopened.

More than 600 people are still in shelters across the Northern Territory, with over $1.5

million in aid paid out so far.

Major flood warnings remain for rivers like the Thompson, at Longreach, and others in

Queensland.

Nearly 60 local areas are getting state assistance and insurers have declared this

a major event as the next storm looms.

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