00:00 Category two Cyclone Koji is expected to hit the North Queensland coast early Sunday morning.
00:23 The slow moving system has authorities concerned it could cause deadly flash flooding.
00:53 Police are investigating in northern Townsville after a copper wire theft knocked out phone and internet services.
1:38 Locals in Cordelia are still recovering from flooding in 2025, and are expecting to be cut off again.
02:13 Reporter Baz Ruddick joins the program from Townsville, saying the system has already had major impacts on the region in the lead up to it coming ashore.
03:36 Jacqui McLaren takes a look at the charts and outlines what the system could have in store.
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