SEVERE Tropical Cyclone Megan made landfall as a Category 3 system on 18 March on the south-western coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria, south-east of Port McArthur in the Northern Territory. The system was downgraded to a tropical low on the 19th, as it moved westwards across the interior of the Northern Territory towards Western Australia.
There was widespread rainfall and isolated thunderstorms across parts of northern Australia throughout the week and this was associated with monsoonal activity, while a series of troughs moved across southern, western and eastern parts of the country…
