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Category 3 Tropical Cyclone Trevor Hits Australia
https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/Category-3-Tropical-Cyclone-Trevor-Hits-Australia?cm_ven=cat6-widgetAfter an impressive bout of rapid intensification that saw its winds increase by 65 mph in just 24 hours, Tropical Cyclone Trevor made landfall in northeast Australia’s Queensland province near 07 UTC Tuesday (5 pm Tuesday local time) as a Category 3 storm with 115 mph winds, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC). Trevor is the first major tropical cyclone to hit Queensland since Nathan of 2015, which struck the province as a Category 3 storm with 115 mph winds on March 19, 2015; Queensland was also struck by Category 4 Marcia on February 19, 2015, which caused nearly $600 million in damage.
Trevor made landfall just south of the town of Lockart River (population 600), where wind gusts of up to 73 mph (117 km/hr ) were measured. Lockhart River was on the less intense side of Trevor’s clockwise circulation. The cyclone caused considerable damage to trees and a few buildings, and up to 400 mm (15.73”) of rain are expected along its path across the sparsely populated Cape York Peninsula through Wednesday.
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Lockhart River is home to several aborigines