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NewsMail Morning Edition Fri 11 Apr, 2014 Top Stories More Top Stories » Cyclone Ita shows no sign of weakening as it nears far north Queensland The Bureau of Meteorology says Cyclone Ita, the category-five system bearing down on the far north Queensland coast, is showing no signs of weakening. Ita is expected to make landfall this afternoon between Cape Melville and Cape Tribulation, coinciding with the high tide. The weather bureau says the cyclone has very destructive winds of up to 300 kilometres per hour near the core. At 7:00am (AEST), the system, which has already wreaked havoc in the Solomon Islands, was estimated to be 225km north-north-east of Cooktown and 375km north of Cairns, and moving south-west at 11kph. 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