SYDNEY: Authorities ordered the evacuation of large parts of a major town of more than 25,000 people in eastern Australia as a storm system generated by a powerful cyclone that pummelled the northeast two days ago swept down the coast with heavy rain.
Cyclone Debbie hit as a category four storm in the north of tropical Queensland state on Tuesday, smashing tourist resorts, bringing down power lines, flattening canefields and shutting down coal mines.
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