‘Ferocious’ Cyclone Trevor Hits North QLD

Tropical Cyclone Trevor, seen here by Suomi-NPP as it approaches the Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland, Australia on March 18, 2019.

The mayor of a remote far north Queensland community says Cyclone Trevor was “ferocious” and the worst he has endured.

The cyclone made landfall just south of Lockhart River as a category three storm late on March 20, dumping more than 200mm of rain in just six hours and bringing wind gusts of more than 130km/h.