A woman has died after her car became submerged in floodwaters as rain-lashed northern Australia braced for another cyclone.
Emergency services responded to reports of a car spotted in the flooded Malbon River at Duchess in Queensland’s north-west after 1pm on Thursday.
A 28-year-old woman was located inside the vehicle and declared dead.
The north-west is still reeling from flooding caused by the remnants of ex-Tropical Cyclone Kirrily as the region braces for more wild weather.
A tropical low is set to move south-west towards the Northern Territory, cross the Gulf of Carpentaria coast and move onshore on Friday afternoon.
It has a 40 per cent chance of becoming a cyclone on Friday, the Bureau of Meteorology said.
A cyclone warning has been issued for Gulf coastal areas from Port Roper in the NT to Burketown in Queensland’s north-west.
The cyclone will be named Lincoln if it forms, the Bureau …