Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre Tropical Cyclone Information Bulletin Issued at 04:38 PM EST on Friday 10 April 2026 At 4 pm AEST Friday, Tropical Cyclone Maila (Category 2) with central pressure 975 hPa was located near latitude 8.4 south longitude 154.4 east, which is about 620 km west of Honiara and 810 km east of Port Moresby. The cyclone is slow moving. Tropical Cyclone Maila remains slow moving in the Solomon Sea, and has weakened to category 2. Maila is expected to continue to slowly weaken over the coming days as it moves southwest, impacting the southeastern parts of Papua New Guinea before moving into the Coral Sea. From Sunday, Maila may track west southwest towards the Far North Queensland coast, possibly crossing Cape York Peninsula next week. Another possible scenario is for Maila to weaken in the Solomon Sea or over southeast Papua New Guinea over the weekend and not cross the Queensland coast as a tropical cyclone. The next Information Bulletin will be issued by 11:00 pm AEST Friday 10 April.