Cyclone hammers small WA community Updated March 18, 2012 12:37:05
Posted by
hanna on 3/17/2012, 10:11 pm
As residents in Western Australia's Pilbara region assess the damage caused by Tropical Cyclone Lua overnight, Queensland's Gulf communities are being warned to prepare for a cyclone heading their way.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-18/cyclone-hammers-small-wa-community/3896470?WT.svl=news2
Meanwhile, Queensland's gulf communities are being warned to prepare for a tropical cyclone as a low pressure system over Karumba develops.
The system is expected to move offshore today and develop into a category one system overnight.
The cyclone, which will be named Mitchell, is expected to produce heavy rain, flash flooding, gales and unusually high tides.
Rick Threlfall from the weather bureau says the system will linger and affect much of the state this week.
Rainbands from an active monsoonal trough have already produced heavy falls on the north-east coast.
Police have closed the Bruce Highway at Giru, south of Townsville, where water is rising. |
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