Rain and flooding soaked New South Wales, Australia, with some areas drenched by their heaviest rainfall in almost 20 years
MELBOURNE - A tropical cyclone expected to hit Western Australia on Saturday was forecast to bring ferocious winds and a potentially dangerous storm tide, while much of the bushfire-battered east coast faced flood warnings due to torrential rains.
At 1 p.m. AWST , Damien was a Category 3 storm, expecting to bring winds with gusts up to 220 kilometers per hour near its center when crossing the coast later on Saturday, the Bureau of Meteorology in Western Australia said.“Residents between Dampier and Whim Creek, including Dampier and Karratha, are warned of the potential of a very dangerous storm tide as the cyclone center crosses the coast,” the agency said on its website.
Sparsely populated Western Australia was also facing several severe fire warnings with hot temperatures expected in most of the state. New South Wales, an east coast state where nearly a third of Australia’s population lives, saw some areas drenched by the heaviest rainfall in almost 20 years by Saturday, with severe weather and flash flood warnings.
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