Torrential Rain, Floods Hamper Australia Cyclone Relief
Rukhshan Mir (@rukhshanmir) Published March 30, 2017 | 05:30 PM
AYR, Australia, , (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 30th Mar, 2017 ) : Torrential rain hampered relief efforts Thursday after a powerful cyclone wreaked havoc in northeast Australia, with floods sparking emergency rescues as fed-up tourists began evacuating from resort islands.
Cyclone Debbie has pummelled Queensland state since crashing ashore as a category four storm on Tuesday between Bowen and Airlie Beach, ripping up trees, washing boats onto land and causing widespread damage.
It has been downgraded to a tropical low as it tracks southeast, but continues to pack damaging gusts and dump huge amounts of rain all the way down the eastern coast to Sydney. Meteorologists said Queensland's capital Brisbane was soaked by a month's worth of rain in a single day, with the popular Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast areas also drenched.
Theme parks and beaches in the area were closed. "We have a very, very large state here and this is a very, very big weather system that's going to wreak havoc all the way down the coast," Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said.
Emergency service crews, who took more than 3,000 calls for help, rescued dozens of people from floodwaters, with some plucked from roofs and tops of cars. To reinforce the message that people should steer clear of floods, Queensland Fire and Emergency tweeted a picture of a shark washed up on a road near the town of Ayr.
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