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A severe tropical cyclone lashed northwestern Australia Friday with the strongest sustained winds the country has ever recorded, but officials said towns and cities appeared to have escaped the worst of the storm.
Powerful Tropical Cyclone Ilsa has made landfall in WA, slamming the coast before midnight Thursday with extreme winds and intense rain.
Sydney, Australia, Apr 14 (EFE).- Tropical Cyclone Ilsa slammed into the northwest coast of Australia overnight as a maximum category five storm, causing material damage, and was downgraded early Friday as it moved into the interior of the country, authorities reported. Off the coast, the storm reached sustained winds of 218 kilometers per hour, which …
Emergency crews urged people in remote Australian communities to seek shelter
There were unconfirmed reports of "extensive damage" at some remote towns