Ilsa reached Class 4 depth on Thursday over the Indian Ocean and is predicted to be the primary storm on that scale to cross the Pilbara coast of Western Australia state in a decade. FILE -Cyclones are frequent alongside the sparsely populated Pilbara coast and fatalities are uncommon, however authorities worry that Cyclone Ilsa’s extraordinary…
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Heavy rain in Australia triggers flood evacuations in Queensland city
Police urge all residents of distant Burketown city to evacuate, warning that record-high floodwaters have been anticipated to rise additional over the weekend. Murky water has reworked large areas of land into lakes, with solely the tops of bushes seen, pictures of the Queensland city present. (AFP) Emergency companies in Australia’s Queensland state have evacuated…