Townsville airport closes, but Tropical Cyclone Kimi weakens, is unlikely to cross coast © Provided by ABC NEWS Tropical Cyclone Kimi is now category two and is tracking south. (Supplied: RAMMB) The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) says it is now unlikely weakening Tropical Cyclone Kimi will significantly impact the north Queensland coast. The cyclone intensified to a category two on Monday, but as it continued to move south off the coast between Hinchinbrook Island and Townsville, the storm was downgraded to a category one system late in the evening. At about 11:00pm on Monday, the BOM's advic...