Tropical cyclone Seroja has ripped across a 1,000 km stretch of Western Australia, leaving a trail of damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The name Seroja means lotus in Indonesian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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