Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre Tropical Cyclone Information Bulletin Issued at 10:57 PM EST on Thursday 09 April 2026 At 10 pm AEST Thursday, Severe Tropical Cyclone Maila (Category 3) with central pressure 956 hPa was located near latitude 8.2 south longitude 154.3 east, which is about 640 km west northwest of Honiara and 800 km east of Port Moresby. The cyclone is moving west northwest at 7 kilometres per hour. Severe Tropical Cyclone Maila, 37U, is currently located over the Solomon Sea and is moving slowly west. Maila has started to weaken, and is expected to continue slowly weakening over the coming days. During Friday Maila is expected to start moving to the southwest and it is forecast to impact 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 early next week. Another possible scenario is Maila weakens near or over southeast Papua New Guinea over the weekend and does not cross the Queensland coast as a tropical cyclone. The next Information Bulletin will be issued by 5:00 am AEST Friday 10 April.