Town of Borroloola was due to be evacuated before cyclone arrived but dangerous weather prevented aircraft from landing
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Tropical Cyclone Megan has been downgraded to a tropical low in Australia’s north-east where remote communities were waking up to assess damage from the severe weather.
About 700 residents in the town of Borroloola faced the worst of the cyclone, which made landfall on the south-western side of the Gulf of Carpentaria on Monday afternoon as a category-three storm before weakening to a category one.
Continue reading…Town of Borroloola was due to be evacuated before cyclone arrived but dangerous weather prevented aircraft from landingFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastTropical Cyclone Megan has been downgraded to a tropical low in Australia’s north-east where remote communities were waking up to assess damage from the severe weather.About 700 residents in the town of Borroloola faced the worst of the cyclone, which made landfall on the south-western side of the Gulf of Carpentaria on Monday afternoon as a category-three storm before weakening to a category one. Continue reading…