The central core of the cyclone where the strongest winds are will be more than 200 miles wide by the time it gets to here. I'm afraid this one is going to hammer us, badly. Even if the eye passed directly over Cairns, we'd still be in the destructive core of the storm.
If it crosses where they say it will, I expect at least 12 hours or more of exceptionally high winds and driving rain (they're saying it's dumping rain at 500mm/hr at present).
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