Tropical cyclone expected to lash Australia’s Queensland from Jan 25

SYDNEY – Some tourist towns along Australia’s Great Barrier Reef and other places in north-eastern Queensland state are bracing themselves for a potential tropical cyclone which is expected to make landfall on Jan 25, the day before the Australia Day long weekend. The authorities advised residents to stock enough emergency supplies to last for at least three days and avoid unnecessary travel as a tropical low in the Coral Sea, about 700km off the Queensland coast, is expected to develop into a cyclone on the night of Jan 24, the weather bureau said. “We have already started to see those stronger winds and we expect them to start impacting the Queensland coast tonight,” Ms Laura Boekel, forecaster at the Bureau…