A cyclone struck Australia’s northwest coast yesterday just days after a storm flattened homes and a mining camp in the same area, killing three people.

Cyclone Jacob, a category one storm, crossed the coast near the iron ore town of Port Hedland where category four cyclone George caused chaos last Friday.

With winds of only 100 km/ph, emergency services said Jacob had not left a trail of destruction like George, which battered the region with 275 km/ph winds. “When we saw this one queueing up behind George we thought, oh God, surely not. A lot of rain though, that’s going to be the biggest problem,” Pardoo Roadhouse owner Terry Brennan told local media. Weather forecasters said Jacob would quickly lose intensity after crossing the coast. The storm was heading inland into the mineral-rich Pilbara, where residents are still cleaning up after George. The two cyclones shut about half of Australia’s oil production for a fifth day and operators said production would probably only resume later in the week.