{"id":818,"date":"2025-02-21T12:37:40","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T12:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futuredesignteam.in\/client\/politicus\/?p=818"},"modified":"2025-02-25T10:18:52","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T10:18:52","slug":"high-chance-of-cyclone-forming-over-flooded-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futuredesignteam.in\/client\/politicus\/high-chance-of-cyclone-forming-over-flooded-region\/","title":{"rendered":"‘High chance’ of cyclone forming over flooded region"},"content":{"rendered":"

Queensland is on edge as a tropical low with a high chance of becoming a cyclone could impact the flood-stricken coast.<\/p>\n

Northern Queensland is\u00a0deep into the clean-up from the weeks-long downpour<\/a> that caused record-breaking flooding from Mackay to Cairns with two lives lost and hundreds evacuated from their inundated homes.<\/p>\n

But tropical low 22U has formed about 400km northeast of Cairns and is expected to further develop in the Coral Sea over the next few days.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Bureau of Meteorology<\/a>\u2018s Jonathan How said there is no immediate threat to northern Queenslanders but the system has a high chance \u2013 55 per cent \u2013 of becoming a tropical cyclone from Monday.<\/p>\n

He said there is a range of possibilities over the next three days including the system moving further east towards New Caledonia and Vanuatu.<\/p>\n

Or it could move south over the Coral Sea closer to the Queensland coast.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is something that a tropical cyclone team is monitoring very closely,\u201d How said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Western Australia which is also recovering from extensive flood and wind damage caused by ex-tropical cyclone Zelia that swept over the Pilbara last week will not see the tropical low 21U impact the coast.<\/p>\n

How said the system still has a high chance of becoming a tropical cyclone from Saturday but will remain well offshore of Western Australia before weakening in the Indian Ocean next week.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no threat to Western Australia or any offshore territories,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Another threat is looming in flood-hit areas like north Queensland after an elderly person died of melioidosis in Townsville while four other lives have been lost in Cairns from the disease.<\/p>\n

The disease can occur when cuts or wounds come in contact with contaminated mud or water and when people breathe in muddy droplets.<\/p>\n

The region has recorded 41 cases since January 1 with the disease holding a 20 per cent mortality rate in treated cases.<\/p>\n

February 2025 is officially the wettest month in history for some north Queensland towns with Paluma near Townsville recording more than two metres of rain \u2013 double what Sydney receives in a year.<\/p>\n

Melioidosis cases in Cairns are believed to have doubled compared to 2024 after heavy rain lashed the north for weeks, prompting a health warning.<\/p>\n

Symptoms include fever, cough and difficulty breathing while skin infections or abscesses can be another sign.<\/p>\n

To combat melioidosis infection, locals have been urged to wear gloves, shoes and protective clothing when cleaning up after the recent wet \u2013 but more may be on the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Queensland is on edge as a tropical low with a high chance of becoming a cyclone could impact the flood-stricken coast. Northern Queensland is\u00a0deep into the clean-up from the weeks-long downpour that caused record-breaking flooding from Mackay to Cairns with two lives lost and hundreds evacuated from their inundated homes. But tropical low 22U has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,60],"tags":[48,19],"class_list":["post-818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-columns","category-diary-of-an-art-historian","tag-columns","tag-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/futuredesignteam.in\/client\/politicus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/futuredesignteam.in\/client\/politicus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/futuredesignteam.in\/client\/politicus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futuredesignteam.in\/client\/politicus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futuredesignteam.in\/client\/politicus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=818"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/futuredesignteam.in\/client\/politicus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":822,"href":"https:\/\/futuredesignteam.in\/client\/politicus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818\/revisions\/822"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futuredesignteam.in\/client\/politicus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/futuredesignteam.in\/client\/politicus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futuredesignteam.in\/client\/politicus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futuredesignteam.in\/client\/politicus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}