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High winds lash western Australia as Glenda nears
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High winds lash western Australia as Glenda nears
Hundreds of people were evacuated and thousands more prepared to ride out a severe cyclone bearing down on the northwest Australian coast yesterday, carrying winds of up to 155 mph.
Gale-force winds of at least 62 mph were lashing the coast as tropical Cyclone Glenda approached, emergency officials said. The cyclone had already shut oil and gas fields and disrupted iron ore shipments.
It was expected to roar ashore within hours between the iron ore and tourism town of Karratha, about 950 miles north of Perth, and nearby Onslow in the sparsely populated and ruggedly beautiful Pilbara region of Western Australia state.
About 500 people had already been evacuated from Karratha but Glenda was now too close for any more to safely leave their homes, local officials said.
?Most people are staying in their own homes. There have been some evacuations that were done last night,? Roeburn regional council president Danielle Nazzari told Sky Television.Glenda is a category four storm, one below the most powerful grade.
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