Tropical Cyclone Owen is moving inland across Cape York Peninsula and weakening as its impact are not as strong as feared.
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Cyclone Owen made landfall around 3am Saturday morning between Kowanyama and the Gilbert River Mouth as a low end Category 3 system.
It has since weakened to a category 2 system and is expected to track east southeast over the northern interior of Queensland today while weakening further.
Owen is still dangerous with sustained winds near the centre of 95kph with wind gusts to 130 kph inland from Normanton so the danger is not over.
The cyclone is currently 145km northeast of Normanton and 95 km east southeast of Gilbert River Mouth moving south at 26kph.
There is still a warning area from Karumba to Kowanyama and inland areas, including Kowanyama, Croydon and Georgetown.
Areas of heavy rainfall, which may lead to flash flooding, are occurring near the cyclone about the southeast Gulf of Carpentaria coast and will extend across Cape York Peninsula as the cyclone moves inland during the day.
These areas of heavy rain are forecast to extend to the north tropical coast of Queensland through the weekend.
A Flood Watch is current for numerous catchments across northern and central Queensland and a Severe Weather Warning is also current.