Lightning observations from the last 24 hours show prolific lightning strikes around the eye of Tropical Cyclone Narelle as it approached and crossed the coast in far north Queensland.

Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle crossed the far north Queensland coast as a high-end category 4 system this morning. This was the first category 4 tropical cyclone to hit the state since Trevor in 2019.

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Tropical Cyclone Alfred has now made the right-hand turn and is tracking towards Australia's east coast.

Alfred has been looking like a subtropical cyclone today - a hybrid system featuring both tropical and extratropical cyclone characteristics. Despite this, forecast models suggest it will regain its tropical structure as it approaches Australia's east coast in the coming days.