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  • Australia Battens Hatches Again (175mph Cyclone)

    03/29/2006 4:52:42 PM PST · by blam · 13 replies · 350+ views
    BBC ^ | 3-29-2006
    Australia battens hatches again Glenda's effects are expected to be felt sometime on Thursday Australia is bracing for its second major cyclone in two weeks as a storm with winds of around 280km/h (175mph) headed for its western coast. Cyclone Glenda was expected to hit north-west Australia's Pilbara coastline late on Thursday. A major iron ore port on the Pilbara coast has sent its ships out to calmer waters, and the 10,000 residents of the coastline are preparing their houses. Australia's north-east is still recovering from Cyclone Larry. That storm, which hit the state of Queensland, caused no fatalities but...