Overall Green Tropical Cyclone for TWENTYFOUR-26 in Australia from 04 Mar 2026 00:00 UTC to 18:00

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Overall Green Tropical Cyclone for TWENTYFOUR-26

in Australia

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone TWENTYFOUR-26 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID	TC 1001260
Name	TWENTYFOUR-26
From - To	04 Mar - 04 Mar
Exposed countries	Australia
Exposed population	No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	65 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge	n.a.
Vulnerability	Low (Australia)

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	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
GDACS JTWC	65 km/h	n.a.	n.a.	0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF	101 km/h	0.7 m	687 mm	0.5
GFS	n.a	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
ECMWF	n.a	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.

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Australia - Tropical storm TWENTYFOUR (ECHO 04 Mar 2026)Wed, 04 Mar 2026 10:11

A new tropical storm named TWENTYFOUR formed over the northern Coral Sea, south of Papua New Guinea, on 27 February and started moving south-west toward north-eastern Queensland (north-eastern Australia) as a tropical depression. On 4 March at 0.00 UTC, its centre was located offshore approximately 610 km north-east of the town of Port Douglas and the city of Cairns (coastal north-eastern Queensland), with maximum sustained winds of 65 km/h (tropical storm).
On the forecast track, TWENTYFOUR is expected to make landfall over the area of Palm Cove (a suburb of the city of Cairns) on 5 March in the evening (UTC), with maximum sustained winds up to 83 km/h. After that it is forecast to continue moving south-west inland over northern Queensland on 6-7 March, further weakening into a tropical depression.
Over the next 96 hours, heavy rainfall is forecast over northern, north-eastern and central-eastern Queensland. The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has issued a watch zone over the Port Douglas and Cairns area.

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Green notification for tropical cyclone TWENTYFOUR-26. Population affe.. 3/4/2026 6:17:00 PM.

Australia - Tropical storm TWENTYFOUR (ECHO 04 Mar 2026) Wed, 04 Mar 2026 10:11 A new tropical storm named TWENTYFOUR formed over the northern Coral Sea, south of Papua New Guinea, on 27 February and started moving south-west toward north-e

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