Ergon Energy says it has 200 crew members on standby across Far North Queensland.

Rio Tinto (RIO.AX), the world's largest iron ​ore producer, temporarily shut its Amrun ‌and Andoom bauxite mines in Northern Queensland as tropical cyclone Narelle battered northeast Australia.

The Cook Shire council in far north Queensland is reporting floods have closed five roads and hundreds of customers are without power.