The storm, which made landfall this week in Libya, is fairly infrequent, with only a dozen forming between 1982 and 2003.

Snow is already falling across portions of the Northern Tier and the storm will charge east into the Great Lakes by later today.

A slow-moving kona low-pressure system battered the Hawaiian Islands over nearly a week in March 2026, dumping 5 to 10 inches of rain across wide areas, shattering a daily rainfall record in Hilo, and producing wind gusts that reached 135 mph on Hawaii Island.

Tropical Cyclone Narelle is currently a very dangerous Category 5 storm, sitting off the Far North Queensland Coast some 350 kilometres northeast of Cooktown. Formed in the Coral Sea, Narelle is packing a punch,

Updated hurricane cone maps highlight inland watches and warnings to show storm impacts beyond the forecast cone track.

The cyclone is expected to make landfall in Far North Queensland on Friday, March 20, before tracking westward toward the eastern Northern Territory over the weekend.

With less than three months until the start of a new hurricane season, the National Hurricane Center is wrapping up some of its work on 2025 storms.

Locals are facing “destructive winds” and more heavy rains as Cyclone Narelle moved from Queensland to cross the Northern Territory coast.