Powerful Cyclone Ilsa lashes Australia's north-west coast | Denbighshire Free Press
The remote Pardoo Roadhouse and Tavern, 93 miles northeast of Port Hedland, was extensively damaged.
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The remote Pardoo Roadhouse and Tavern, 93 miles northeast of Port Hedland, was extensively damaged.
A powerful cyclone has hit Western Australia as a category five storm, setting a wind speed record but sparing populated areas from major damage.
A strong tropical cyclone hurtled towards Western Australia on Thursday, triggering evacuations as authorities warned violent winds could toss caravans, tear down trees and turn debris into "missiles".
Ilsa reached the highest Category 5 intensity Thursday over the Indian Ocean and is expected to maintain that destructive level as it crosses the Pilbara coast by early Friday.
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A tropical cyclone nearing Australia is forecast to be the most powerful storm in eight years to hit the country, bringing wind gusts of up to 315 kilometers (196 miles) per hour as it crosses the northwest coast, meteorologists said Thursday. Cyclones are common along the sparsely populated Pilbara coast of […]