Heavy rain is falling in Whangārei, and there have been evacuations in the Far North as Cyclone Vaianu gets closer.
Cyclone Maila will move into the Coral Sea over the weekend before edging closer to Far North Queensland from Sunday through Monday.
RECAP: Cyclone Narelle has strengthened to a scary category 4 system as it lashes WA’s north, with emergency personnel on standby for the worst.
The death toll in floods and landslides in Sri Lanka triggered after the landfall of Cyclone Ditwah has increased to 334, AFP news agency quoted the country's the Disaster Management Centre as saying.