Tag: Debbie

Widespread damage in coastal towns as Debbie rips through Australia

SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) — Australia’s army and emergency workers headed to areas hardest-hit by Cyclone Debbie on Wednesday (March 29), finding roads blocked by fallen trees, sugarcane fields flattened and widespread damage in coastal towns. No deaths were reported. Debbie ripped a trail of destruction through northeast Australia on Tuesday (March 28) as a category four storm, one rung below the most dangerous wind speed level, before being gradually downgraded through the night to a […]

Residents prepare as Cyclone Debbie bears down on Australia

QUEENSLAND, Australia (Reuters) –Residents of the town of Airlie Beach in north Queensland, Australia, began filling sand bags on Monday (March 27) in preparation for Cyclone Debbie, forecast to make landfall early the next day. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology said the storm will strengthen to a Category Four, with winds forecast to reach up to 300 km per hour (185 mph). State Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk warned it would be the most powerful storm to […]