Cyclone Debbie: BOM shows wind speeds top 260kph as Queensland battered

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As Cyclone Debbie crossed the north Queensland coast, it created wind gusts of up to 263kph.

Hamilton Island was battered by winds above 100kph across the entire day.

Speeds shown are maximum gusts reported by the Bureau of Meteorology.



Rainfall since midnight (mm) Lucinda Townsville Ayr Bowen Hamilton Island Proserpine Creal Reef Mackay St Lawrence 0 3 5 248 135 196 - 97 121



Gust (km/h) Lucinda Townsville Ayr Bowen Hamilton Island Proserpine Creal Reef Mackay St Lawrence 3am 46 41 41 70 169 78 107 82 24 3:30am 39 37 48 72 172 82 98 89 17 4am 43 39 43 70 161 82 104 74 54 4:30am 44 39 56 80 187 80 96 76 24 5am 43 39 46 70 189 80 102 69 30 5:30am 44 48 54 70 158 91 98 67 32 6am 43 35 50 70 176 91 95 65 28 6:30am 52 33 44 69 174 102 104 72 24 7am 56 33 50 67 196 113 100 56 26 7:30am 46 32 44 70 195 100 104 74 28 8am 43 24 44 80 193 104 104 70 32 8:30am 46 24 50 91 215 113 102 69 30 9am 46 35 50 96 213 120 93 61 24 9:30am 54 44 54 106 232 115 100 78 30 10am 52 37 59 106 215 130 87 67 39 10:30am 54 39 57 107 263 139 91 80 32 11am 54 41 61 107 213 133 104 83 30 11:30am 44 35 67 124 196 146 89 76 30 12pm 52 43 65 124 217 159 78 74 35 12:30pm 52 46 74 126 224 159 122 89 33 1pm 56 41 76 128 209 165 91 93 32 1:30pm 50 35 63 148 182 137 91 93 37 2pm 44 46 67 135 176 122 87 95 37 2:30pm 44 35 82 148 178 120 83 78 35 3pm 43 39 67 133 148 107 78 61 41 3:30pm 33 41 70 120 128 115 57 63 32 4pm 28 37 63 126 159 98 96 61 28 4:30pm 28 43 63 117 145 93 104 74 33 5pm 33 37 67 132 109 102 100 65 50 5:30pm 32 48 57 117 132 98 96 65 39 6pm 37 70 57 98 128 98 100 54 39

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Where is Debbie now?

The eye of the cyclone has crossed the coast near Airlie Beach, with the BOM recording winds of above 250 kilometres an hour in places.

Topics: cyclones, cyclone, bowen-4805, lucinda-4850, townsville-4810, ayr-4807, hamilton-island-4803, mackay-4740, st-lawrence-4707

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