article_snippet: Residents in far north Queensland are being told to brace for a fierce and destructive storm twice the strength of last year’s Cyclone Ita.
article_snippet: 4am on Friday morning as a category four system with winds of up to 260km/h.
article_snippet: But the Bureau of Metrology has warned The storm could well increase into a maximum-strength category five before The storm hits, ppsing a grave threat to residents in the firing line of The storm, reports ABC.
article_snippet: The storm is expected to be more severe than Cyclone Ita, which saw roofs torn from houses and huge trees pulled from the ground in April 2014.
highlights_snippet: The storm is expected to be a category four system with  