Severe tropical Cyclone Harvey was heading for the Australian coast and intensifying, with high winds of up to 190 km/h lashing the southern Gulf of Carpentaria.
Harvey was rated a category three cyclone on a scale of one to five.
Late yesterday it was about 100km north of Wollogorang in the Northern Territory and 130km north-west of Mornington Island in Queensland.
Harvey was expected to make its landfall in a largely unpopulated area and would miss Mornington Island.
- AGENCIES
Cyclone heads for land
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