A third cyclone in as many months has formed off the Australian coast as rain-lashed regions brace for more wild weather.
Wind gusts up to 110km/h and heavy rainfall are set to impact Gulf of Carpentaria coastal areas after Tropical Cyclone Lincoln formed on Friday.
It is set to make landfall as a category one system between the Northern Territory-Queensland border and the NT’s Port McArthur by Friday night.
“As it moves inland tonight, the system is expected to weaken and begin moving west across the central Northern Territory over the weekend,” the Bureau of Meteorology said.
Some regions in Lincoln’s sights are still reeling from the last cyclone.
A woman, believed to be an Indian national, has been found dead in a car submerged in northwest Queensland floodwaters left in the wake of ex-cyclone Kirrily.
The vehicle was spotted in the flooded Malbon River at Duchess near Mount Isa on Thursday afternoon.
It is believed the 28-year-old woman had tried to drive through a flooded causeway.
“Heart breaking tragedy in Australia: an Indian national lost her life in a flooding incident near Mount Isa, Queensland,” the Indian High Commission in Australia posted on social media on Friday.
“Deepest condolence to the family of the deceased.”
The system is set to move southwest towards the NT, cross the coast and move onshore. Source: Getty / David Gray
Some northwest areas are still isolated due to widespread flooding caused by ex-cyclone Kirrily which lingered for days after crossing the Queensland coast weeks ago.
Tropical Cyclone Jasper also caused record flooding in Queensland’s far north after making landfall north of Cairns in mid-December.
