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Cyclone Hits Australia With 'Record-Breaking' Wind Speeds
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.
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Cyclone Seroja Destroys Homes, Cuts Power To 31,500 On Australia's West Coast
A tropical cyclone on Australia's west coast destroyed several homes and cut electricity to tens of thousands of people overnight before weakening on Monday morning.
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Tropical Cyclone Blake Forms Over Northern Australia, Likely To Strengthen
A tropical cyclone formed off the northwestern coast of Australia Monday, threatening the town of Broome with destructive 125 kilometres (80 miles) per hour winds, meteorologists said.
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Heatwave Bakes Australia For 7th Straight Day As Northern Cyclone Brews
Seven people have drowned as a heatwave grips Australia, sending big crowds to the beach to cool down, while a tropical depression in the far north threatens to turn into a cyclone by New Year's Day.
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Thousands Of Australian Homes Without Power After Cyclone Hits
About 25,000 homes were without power on Sunday in Australia's northern city of Darwin after a tropical cyclone felled trees, cancelled flights, closed schools and delayed shipping.
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Cyclone Kelvin Lashes West Australia, No Damage Reported To Mines, Gas Projects
Tropical Cyclone Kelvin hit the resource-rich north coast of Western Australia on Sunday, lashing it with strong winds and causing floods that could cut the main highway for up to two weeks.
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Australia Floods Still Rising With 2 Dead, 4 Missing
Flooded rivers were still rising Saturday in two Australian states with two women dead and four people missing after torrential rains in the wake of a powerful tropical cyclone.
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Army Assesses Damage After Storm 'Absolutely Smashes' North Australia
Australia's army and emergency workers headed to areas of tropical Queensland state hardest hit by Cyclone Debbie on Wednesday, finding roads blocked by fallen trees, sugarcane fields flattened and widespread damage in coastal towns.
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Thousands Shelter As 'Screaming, Howling' Cyclone Debbie Hits North Australia
Howling winds, heavy rain and huge seas pounded Australia's northeast on Tuesday, damaging homes, wrecking jetties and cutting power to thousands of people as Tropical Cyclone Debbie tore through Queensland state's far north.
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Cyclone Weakens, Spares Western Australia Major Damage
A tropical cyclone weakened after hitting land in western Australia today and has caused no major damage in the sparsely-populated areas so far, officials said.
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Cyclone on Course to Smash into Australian Coast a Second Time
Three days after making landfall, Cyclone Nathan continued to threaten Australian coastal communities, with 400 residents of a remote northern island today ordered to evacuate after meteorologists warned the storm was intensifying.
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1,500 Homes Damaged by Cyclone Marcia in Australia
Australian officials today said all efforts were being made to help those affected by tropical Cyclone Marcia which smashed through Queensland state leaving 1,500 homes damaged and thousands without electricity.
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Flood Warnings, Clean-Up as Australia Recovers From Twin Cyclones
Australia was on Saturday assessing the damage from two severe cyclones that left a trail of destruction, wrecking hundreds of homes and cutting electricity to thousands as authorities warned of more flooding and gusty winds.
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2 'Destructive' Cyclones Intensify as They Hit Australia
A "destructive" cyclone roaring towards a heavily-populated Australian province has intensified to a category five, the most severe ranking, meteorologists said early Friday as a second powerful storm made landfall further north.
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Cyclone halts air search for Malaysian plane
A tropical cyclone heading south over the Indian Ocean caused the air search for a missing Malaysian jetliner to be suspended on Tuesday, as a U.S. submarine drone neared completion of its undersea search without any sign of wreckage.
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Cyclone Hits Australia With 'Record-Breaking' Wind Speeds
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.
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Cyclone Seroja Destroys Homes, Cuts Power To 31,500 On Australia's West Coast
A tropical cyclone on Australia's west coast destroyed several homes and cut electricity to tens of thousands of people overnight before weakening on Monday morning.
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Tropical Cyclone Blake Forms Over Northern Australia, Likely To Strengthen
A tropical cyclone formed off the northwestern coast of Australia Monday, threatening the town of Broome with destructive 125 kilometres (80 miles) per hour winds, meteorologists said.
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Heatwave Bakes Australia For 7th Straight Day As Northern Cyclone Brews
Seven people have drowned as a heatwave grips Australia, sending big crowds to the beach to cool down, while a tropical depression in the far north threatens to turn into a cyclone by New Year's Day.
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Thousands Of Australian Homes Without Power After Cyclone Hits
About 25,000 homes were without power on Sunday in Australia's northern city of Darwin after a tropical cyclone felled trees, cancelled flights, closed schools and delayed shipping.
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Cyclone Kelvin Lashes West Australia, No Damage Reported To Mines, Gas Projects
Tropical Cyclone Kelvin hit the resource-rich north coast of Western Australia on Sunday, lashing it with strong winds and causing floods that could cut the main highway for up to two weeks.
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Australia Floods Still Rising With 2 Dead, 4 Missing
Flooded rivers were still rising Saturday in two Australian states with two women dead and four people missing after torrential rains in the wake of a powerful tropical cyclone.
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Army Assesses Damage After Storm 'Absolutely Smashes' North Australia
Australia's army and emergency workers headed to areas of tropical Queensland state hardest hit by Cyclone Debbie on Wednesday, finding roads blocked by fallen trees, sugarcane fields flattened and widespread damage in coastal towns.
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Thousands Shelter As 'Screaming, Howling' Cyclone Debbie Hits North Australia
Howling winds, heavy rain and huge seas pounded Australia's northeast on Tuesday, damaging homes, wrecking jetties and cutting power to thousands of people as Tropical Cyclone Debbie tore through Queensland state's far north.
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Cyclone Weakens, Spares Western Australia Major Damage
A tropical cyclone weakened after hitting land in western Australia today and has caused no major damage in the sparsely-populated areas so far, officials said.
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Cyclone on Course to Smash into Australian Coast a Second Time
Three days after making landfall, Cyclone Nathan continued to threaten Australian coastal communities, with 400 residents of a remote northern island today ordered to evacuate after meteorologists warned the storm was intensifying.
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1,500 Homes Damaged by Cyclone Marcia in Australia
Australian officials today said all efforts were being made to help those affected by tropical Cyclone Marcia which smashed through Queensland state leaving 1,500 homes damaged and thousands without electricity.
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Flood Warnings, Clean-Up as Australia Recovers From Twin Cyclones
Australia was on Saturday assessing the damage from two severe cyclones that left a trail of destruction, wrecking hundreds of homes and cutting electricity to thousands as authorities warned of more flooding and gusty winds.
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2 'Destructive' Cyclones Intensify as They Hit Australia
A "destructive" cyclone roaring towards a heavily-populated Australian province has intensified to a category five, the most severe ranking, meteorologists said early Friday as a second powerful storm made landfall further north.
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Cyclone halts air search for Malaysian plane
A tropical cyclone heading south over the Indian Ocean caused the air search for a missing Malaysian jetliner to be suspended on Tuesday, as a U.S. submarine drone neared completion of its undersea search without any sign of wreckage.
