Tropical storm declared a cyclone

A tropical storm moving towards the north Queensland coast has been upgraded to a cyclone.

The declared category one cyclone, called Dylan, is expected to make landfall between Lucinda and Proserpine in the early hours of Friday morning.

The Bureau of Meteorology says the cyclone was about 235 kilometres northeast of Townsville and 290km north of Proserpine at 1pm (AEST).

It's moving at 14km/h in a southwesterly direction towards the coast.