Northeast Australia gets slammed by a cat 5 typhoon after tons of flooding. Doesn’t seem fair. Reports seem to imply that this monster storm has only caused one casualty, which is amazing to me. I guess mandatory evacuations were heeded and worked! Link
Residents and officials were amazed that the death toll was not higher. The storm whipped the coast with up to 170 mph (280 kph) winds and sent waves crashing ashore two blocks into seaside communities.
More reports:
The town of Tully, close to where the cyclone hit land, is a “scene of mass devastation”, resident Ross Sorbello told the Sydney Morning Herald.
Mr Sorbello, who briefly went outside as the eye of the storm passed over, said roofs were ripped from houses, electricity poles were down and the streets were covered with debris.
Tully resident Stephanie Grimaz said that houses in her street had been torn apart, the Queensland Times reported.
