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Severe Tropical Cyclone Maila on track to hit far north Queensland three weeks after Narelle tore through

The Guardian · · 455 words · By Andrew Messenger
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“Another cyclone may hit the Queensland coast just over three weeks after Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle hit the same area.”
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Wikipedia mentions Cyclone Narelle (2026) in the Australian region but does not reference any subsequent cyclone impacting Queensland within three weeks. No specific evidence confirms or denies the claim about another cyclone.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–26 Australian region cyclone season is an ongoing weather event within the southern hemisphere. The season officially started on 1 November 2025 and will end on 30 April 2026, however, a trop…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–26_Australian_region_cycl…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The name Narelle has been used for two tropical cyclones in the Australian region. Cyclone Narelle (2013) – a Category 4 severe tropical cyclone that affected East Timor and Western Australia. Cyclon…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_storms_named_Narelle
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In 2026, tropical cyclones have been forming in seven major bodies of water, commonly known as tropical cyclone basins. Tropical cyclones will be named by various weather agencies when they attain max…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_cyclones_in_2026
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“Forecasts predicting the path and strength of Severe Tropical Cyclone Maila remain uncertain.”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia or other sources regarding Severe Tropical Cyclone Maila's forecast uncertainty. The provided Wikipedia entry discusses the 2019–20 cyclone season, which is unrelated.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2019–20 Australian region cyclone season was a below average tropical cyclone season for the waters surrounding Australia between longitudes 90°E and 160°E. The season officially began on 1 Novemb…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019–20_Australian_region_cycl…
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“Severe Tropical Cyclone Maila was circling an area of the Solomon Sea about 590 kilometres west of Honiara in the Solomon Islands on Monday morning.”
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Wikipedia entries for the 2024–25 South Pacific cyclone season, Cyclone Alfred, and Cyclone Jasper do not mention Severe Tropical Cyclone Maila's location or movement. No evidence confirms the claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024–25 South Pacific cyclone season was a very inactive South Pacific cyclone season. seeing four named storms forming, none of which intensified into severe tropical cyclones, the first such occ…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Severe Tropical Cyclone Alfred was a powerful, long-lived, and erratic tropical cyclone that brought severe effects to South East Queensland and the New South Wales North Coast. As the seventh named s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Alfred
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Severe Tropical Cyclone Jasper was the wettest tropical cyclone in Australian history, surpassing Peter of 1979. The third disturbance of the 2023–24 South Pacific cyclone season and the first named s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Jasper
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“Maila was classified as a category 3 system with wind gusts of up to 185 kilometres per hour and sustained winds of 130 km/h.”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia or other sources to confirm or refute the classification details of Severe Tropical Cyclone Maila.
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“Maila had been travelling in circles between Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia or other sources to confirm or refute the claim about Maila's circular movement between Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
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“Maila is expected to turn south-westerly midweek and head towards the Queensland coast.”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia or other sources to confirm or refute the prediction about Maila turning south-westerly toward Queensland.
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“The Bureau of Meteorology’s Helen Reid stated the most likely scenario is Maila will cross the coast at Cape York over the weekend.”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia or other sources to confirm or refute Helen Reid's statement about Maila's likely landfall at Cape York.
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“Maila could potentially hit the same area affected by Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle.”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia or other sources to confirm or refute the claim about Maila potentially impacting the same area as Narelle.
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“Maila could swing south and hit more populated areas such as Cairns or Townsville, or miss the coast entirely.”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia or other sources to confirm or refute the claim about Maila's potential course changes affecting Cairns, Townsville, or missing the coast.
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“Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle made landfall in Cape York on 20 March as a category 4 system.”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia or other sources to confirm or refute the claim about Narelle's landfall on 25 December 2024.
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“Narelle made landfall twice more, in the Northern Territory and then Western Australia, the first storm to do so in 21 years.”
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“Maila is expected to strengthen to category 4 and then weaken back to category 3 in the coming days.”
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“Maila may cross the coast as a category 4 – severe – cyclone, with sustained wind speeds of 160 to 199 km/h.”
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“The warm seas that contributed to Narelle’s strength are also fueling Maila, as the waters have not cooled down.”
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“The last April cyclone to cross Queensland’s coast was Severe Tropical Cyclone Ita in 2014, which made landfall near Cooktown.”
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