Climate entity
Every one of those 1 sits in a single category, extreme-weather. Of the tracked stories, 1 of 1 also mention Australian Defence Force, the most common co-covered peer. They are better corroborated than the beat average, carrying 6 original sources each against 3.1 for the same window.
Last mentioned: Mar 21, 2026
Entity pulse
Coverage balance Negative coverage leads. Negative coverage exceeds positive coverage by 100 percentage points.
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Every one of those 1 sits in a single category, extreme-weather. Of the tracked stories, 1 of 1 also mention Australian Defence Force, the most common co-covered peer. They are better corroborated than the beat average, carrying 6 original sources each against 3.1 for the same window. At 6, the average consequence score sits below the same-window beat average of 6.7. Cyclone Megan appears in 1 tracked Climate story from March 21, 2026.
Computed from the 1 stories linked to this entity, with beat comparisons drawn from all 26 Climate stories published in the same date window. Shares are omitted below five stories and comparisons below a twenty-story baseline.
Coverage cohort
Other entities that clear the same relevance threshold in stories also covering Cyclone Megan. Shared-story counts are live from our verified record — not editorial picks.
Downgrade
The system is downgraded to a tropical low as it moves inland toward the Barkly region.
Landfall and Stalling
Megan makes landfall and slows to <10km/h, dumping extreme rainfall on saturated ground.
Intensification
The system reaches Category 3 status as it approaches the southwestern Gulf coast.
Storm Formation
Tropical Cyclone Megan forms in the Gulf of Carpentaria during a heavy monsoon.
A slow-moving Category 3 tropical cyclone has stalled over the Northern Territory’s Gulf country, dumping record rainfall on communities already reeling from a record-breaking monsoon season. The disaster has isolated remote towns like Borroloola and forced the suspension of major mining operations, highlighting the growing risk of 'stalling' storms.
Cyclone Megan is linked from 1 story on this site, each scored at or above our 35% relevance threshold — see how these pages are built.
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