{"id":57637,"date":"2026-03-18T15:22:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T19:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/tropical-cyclone-narelle-will-rapidly-intensify-hit-australia-3-times\/18\/03\/2026\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T15:22:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T19:22:34","slug":"tropical-cyclone-narelle-will-rapidly-intensify-hit-australia-3-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/tropical-cyclone-narelle-will-rapidly-intensify-hit-australia-3-times\/18\/03\/2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Tropical Cyclone Narelle will rapidly intensify, hit Australia 3 times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>The AccuWeather forecast for Tropical Cyclone Narelle, as of Thursday morning local time.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.accuweather.com\/en\/hurricane\/south-pacific\/narelle-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Tropical Cyclone Narelle;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Tropical Cyclone Narelle&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Tropical Cyclone Narelle<\/a> is on a direct path toward northeastern Australia, where it will make a rare landfall as a powerful storm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Tropical Cyclone Narelle is forecast to rapidly intensify and could reach the equivalent to a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale before approaching the Cape York Peninsula of Australia on Friday,&#8221; AccuWeather Lead International Forecaster Jason Nicholls said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Rain and wind will begin to impact the Cape York Peninsula by Thursday afternoon and continue through Friday night. Sustained winds of 210 km\/h (130 mph), with gusts up to 260 km\/h (160 mph), are expected near landfall Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The first landfall is currently forecast between Cooktown and Lockhart River,&#8221; Nicholls explained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Rainfall of around 300 mm (12 inches), with localized totals of 450 to 600 mm (18 to 24 inches), is expected along the storm&#8217;s path, although the system&#8217;s forward speed may limit totals in some areas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Coastal inundation and damaging surf are likely along the peninsula&#8217;s eastern coast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><b>Storm could make 3 landfalls<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Narelle could make up to three separate landfalls across northern Australia in the coming days, increasing the risk of repeated impacts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The last tropical cyclone to strike this region was Jasper in December 2023, which made landfall as a Category 2 on the Australian scale, equivalent to a Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. The last Category 4 or stronger storm on the Australian scale to impact the peninsula was Cyclone Ita in April 2014.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/tropical-cyclone-narelle-rapidly-intensify-183533454.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The AccuWeather forecast for Tropical Cyclone Narelle, as of Thursday morning local time. 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