Bureau of Meteorology published this video item, entitled “Severe Weather Update 13 December 2023: Latest on Tropical Cyclone Jasper” – below is their description.
Severe Weather Update 13 December 2023: Tropical Jasper is expected to cross the Far North Queensland coast later today.
Video current as of 11am AEST 13 December 2023.
Our Tropical Cyclone advice is being updated every hour. For the latest visit: Tropical Cyclone 7 Day forecast (bom.gov.au)
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In the Atlantic and the northeastern Pacific oceans, a tropical cyclone is generally referred to as a hurricane (from the name of the ancient Central American deity of wind, Huracan), in the Indian and south Pacific oceans it is called a cyclone, and in the northwestern Pacific it is called a typhoon.
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