Tropical cyclone Seroja rips in Western Australia

Tropical cyclone Seroja rips in Western Australia

Tropical cyclone Seroja has ripped across a 1,000 km stretch of Western Australia, leaving a trail of damage.

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The category three storm made landfall near the town of Kalbarri yesterday with windspeed of up to 170km/h. Residents reported smashed houses, fallen trees and downed power lines.

Severe Tropical Cyclone Seroja was a deadly tropical cyclone that brought historic flooding and landslides in portions of southern Indonesia and East Timor and later went on to impact Western Australia’s Mid-West region, becoming one of the first to do so since Cyclone Elaine in 1999.

The name Seroja means lotus in Indonesian.

As of 12 April 2021, it is estimated that at least 224 people were killed by the storm, with 181 people in Indonesia, 42 in East Timor, and one in Australia.

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