Cyclone watch issued for far north Qld

A CYCLONE watch has been issued for far north Queensland, on the day that a third of the state was placed under drought declarations.

The weather bureau says communities between Thursday Island and Cooktown have been put on alert for gale force winds on Wednesday.

The bureau says a deepening tropical low in the Coral Sea is expected to make landfall near Lockhart River around midday on Wednesday as a category one or very low-grade category two cyclone.

On Monday evening, the system was 1000 kilometres east of Lockhart River and 890 kilometres northeast of Cairns and moving towards the coast at six kilometres an hour.

Heavy rain and flash flooding has been forecast for far north Queensland from late Tuesday.

Earlier on Monday, the state government declared 13 shires, covering a third of the state, as drought-affected.

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