Cyclone hits Australia with ‘record-breaking’ wind speeds
Australia’s Department of Fire and Emergency Services has issued a new series of ‘red alerts’ as Tropical Cyclone Ilsa tracks inland today, ordering people to stay indoors until given the all-clear. – Western Australia Police handout, April 14, 2023.
A SEVERE tropical cyclone hit Western Australia with record-breaking wind speeds today, but officials said population centres appeared to have avoided the brunt of the storm. Tropical Cyclone Ilsa was upgraded to a category five storm – the strongest on the scale – shortly before crossing the coastline near the sparsely populated town of Pardoo, about 19 hours’ drive northeast of Perth.
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