Far North Queensland residents are battening down the hatches as Tropical Cyclone (TC) Kimi is expected to strengthen off the east coast and make landfall somewhere between Innisfail and Lucinda on Monday evening or Tuesday. The Bureau of Meteorology said that as of 7 a.m. on Monday the cyclone was 85 kilometres east-northeast of Cairns and 295 kilometres north of Townsville. Coastal regions between Port Douglas and Ayr are on alert, Queensland Fire and Emergency Services Meteorologist David Grant told reporters on Monday. TC Kimi is expected to develop damaging and destructive winds sometime on Monday or Tuesday with gusts forecast to reach 120 km/ph. The cyclone slowly crept south throughout Sunday and is expected to shift course on Monday in a south-southwest direction, moving at 9 km/ph. However, authorities have warned that the cyclone may shift direction once again. “The system is most likely to approach, and may cross, the coast …