After the fire, Cyclone Blake lashes northern Australia with heavy rain

The Australian Bureau of Meteorology said Cyclone Blake had brought 15cm (six inches) of rain in 24 hours to the town of 14,000 people but had not become a damaging category two storm as expected.

SYDNEY: A tropical cyclone brought heavy rain to the northwestern coast of Australia on Tuesday (Jan 7) and gusts of 102km (63 miles) per hour to the town of Broome causing minimal damage.

The Bureau of Meteorology said Blake had brought 15cm (six inches) of rain in 24 hours to the town of 14,000 people but had not become a damaging category two storm as expected.