Cyclone Zane bearing down on Queensland

Cyclone Zane headed toward the northern Cape York Peninsula of Queensland where it is expected to make landfall by today, May 2 and cross into the Gulf of Carpentaria.  A cyclone warning is in effect for coastal areas from Mapoon to Cape York to Cape Flattery.
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At 09h00 UTC, Cyclone Zane's maximum sustained winds were near 101.9 kph. Zane is tropical storm strength. Zane was moving to the west at 12.9 kph, and was located about 351.9 km north-northeast of Cairns, Australia.

At 12h00 UTC Zane was moving to the west-northwest near 18.5 kph about 213 km east of Lockhart River and 203.7 km north of Cape Flattery. Zane's maximum sustained winds had dropped to 83.3 kph over the course of three hours.

Landfall is expected across the northern half of the Cape York Peninsula, during the day Thursday, local time. The main threats will be damaging winds at and near the coast along with flooding rains which can cut some of the small towns of the region off for several days.

At this point, it appears Zane will likely lose its tropical cyclone status before making another landfall, but enhanced rainfall could lead to some flooding potential across northern third of Northern Territory late in the week.