People living in parts of northern Australia have been told to take shelter after a cyclone made landfall on Friday morning.
Tropical Cyclone Narelle crossed the east coast of Cape York in Far North Queensland with powerful wind gusts of 220 km/h (137mph), but has since weakened from a category four system to a three, the weather bureau said.
Up to 500mm of rain is expected in some areas, which is predicted to cause severe flooding.
Earlier, the state's premier had warned locals that they could be facing the worst cyclone "in living memory".
Australia's Bureau of Meteorology said Narelle was still packing wind gusts of around 155 km/h as a category three cyclone.
