Trees were uprooted, trucks toppled and petrol pumps torn from the ground when the category 5 storm made landfall with wind gusts up to 289km/h in Western Australia north-east of Port Headland. 9News
Trees were uprooted, trucks toppled and petrol pumps torn from the ground when the category 5 storm made landfall with wind gusts up to 289km/h inIlsa has been downgraded after delivering what is likely the strongest wind gust ever recorded in Australia, but
," Todd Smith, the Bureau of Meteorology's hazard preparedness and response manager, said in Perth on Friday.There are only two accommodation dongas - sheds used as temporary housing - left behind the roadhouse after the storm went through. There are only two accommodation dongas - sheds used as temporary housing - left behind the roadhouse after the storm went through.
The tropical low is expected to dump rain across Australia for several days as it moves further inland and past the mining town of Telfer in the Pilbara's far east. Smith said the storm is expected to continue moving east before dropping below cyclone intensity and moving into the Northern Territory.
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