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Floods, mass power cuts amid heavy rain in east Australia

Gusts and torrential rain have blacked out more than a quarter of a million properties and swamped parts of Australia's east coast, officials said today, with one driver confirmed dead and a dozen troops injured in the wild weather.
World • 09 Mar

Ex-cyclone batters Australia, causing huge blackouts

Ex-Cyclone Alfred stalled off the rain- and wind-lashed coast of eastern Australia today, threatening to unleash floods after blacking out more than 330,000 homes and businesses.
World • 09 Mar

Australians told 'prepare for worst' as cyclone nears

Violent winds toppled power lines as a tropical cyclone inched towards Australia's eastern coast, sparking evacuation orders and leaving more than 50,000 homes without electricity.
World • 07 Mar

Outer fringe of cyclone hits Australia's east coast

The outer fringe of a tropical cyclone has started to hit eastern Australia, bringing heavy rains and record-breaking waves to a heavily populated region rarely hit by typhoons.
Weather • 07 Mar

Australians on east coast to evacuate ahead of cyclone

Australia is braced for a rare east coast tropical cyclone that is heading towards Brisbane, its third-most populous city, with authorities urging residents in flood-prone suburbs to evacuate soon.
Weather • 05 Mar

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