To Australia is approaching a powerful tropical storm “Debby”
To assist in the evacuation areas to the North of the state capital Brisbane is directed over thousands of rescue workers and military personnel.
SYDNEY, March 26. /Offset. TASS Pavel Vanichkin/. Authorities located in the East of Australia’s Queensland has urged residents of several Northern coastal areas to temporarily leave their homes and take refuge from the impending tropical cyclone “Debbie.”
About this newspaper the Brisbane Times.
To assist in the evacuation areas to the North of the state capital Brisbane is directed over thousands of rescue workers and military personnel.
Currently, “Debbie” is located in the ocean approximately 500 km from the coast of Australia and is slowly moving in the direction of the continent.
According to meteorologists, this watch “Debbie” is the second (of five) category of power, but in the coming day of his power may increase up to 4 and even up to the highest category.
It is expected that “Debbie” will cross the coastline roughly on Tuesday morning (local time)
“Perhaps we can say that “Debbie” will be the most significant tropical cyclone (in Queensland) from the time of the cyclone “Yasi”, — said the Deputy regional Director of the Australian national met office Bruce Gunn.
Cyclone “Yasi” a category of power hit Queensland in February 2011 and caused severe damage in several small towns and settlements, many of which were either flooded or cut off from the outside world due to heavy floods. The economic damage from “Yasi” amounted to over 3.5 billion.