Something to Watch - Update

Updating my Something to Watch post yesterday.

Residents in north-eastern Australia have battened down and are preparing for the onslaught of Cyclone Ingrid, which, despite weakening, remains potentially the worst storm to threaten the region in 30 years.

While the cyclone has been downgraded from a category five to a severe category four storm, Queensland residents are preparing for the worst.

The Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre in Brisbane said Ingrid is moving towards the coast, near Cape Melville, at eight kilometres an hour, and is expected to make landfall overnight near the small community of Coen.

"Although Ingrid has continued to weaken a little, the cyclone still poses a serious threat to far north Queensland with a very destructive core and the potential to generate a dangerous storm tide," the Bureau of Meteorology said.

The storm is packing winds of up to 250 kilometres an hour near its centre. [Read stroy here]