Queensland’s State Disaster Management Committee will meet in Brisbane this morning to review emergency plans for Tropical Cyclone Nathan, expected to make landfall as a category four storm tomorrow morning. 

The category three cyclone is returning to far north Queensland, having moved away from the region after forming in the Coral Sea nine days ago. 

Nathan is about 335 kilometres east north-east of Cooktown and moving towards the coast, the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) said.

It is expected to make landfall between Cape Melville and Cape Tribulation tomorrow.

Senior forecaster Michael Knepp (NEP) says it is likely to intensify into a category four cyclone before it hits the coast. 

“The good news is those areas around Port Douglas, Cairns, it’s less likely to make landfall there,” he said. 

“So in between really Lockhart River and Cape Tribulation is the most likely place for landfall. 

“Around Cape Flattery is our bullseye right now but with these sort of systems, they can be unpredictable.”

The storm dumped large amounts of rain, damaged roads and cut off parts of Cape York when it first passed by the far north Queensland coast last week. 

A cyclone watch is in place between Coen and Cardwell, extending inland to areas including Kalinga and Laura.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has already attended a preliminary briefing on cyclone preparedness.

– Weatherzone/ABC