Cyclone Seroja and Australia's resources export hubTropical Cyclone Seroja hits Indonesia and East Timor: At least 76 people killed and thousands displaced by flash floods and landslides
Mon, 5 April 2021
“At least 76 people have been killed and thousands displaced by flash floods and landslides following a tropical cyclone in Indonesia and East Timor, according to officials. Tropical Cyclone Seroja brought torrential train to a cluster of islands, with 55 people dead and 40 missing in Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province, disaster agency BNPB said. In East Timor, which shares the Timor island with Indonesia, 21 people were killed, the majority in the capital Dili. Elsewhere, broken dams have led to homes being submerged.
Several bridges have collapsed across the region, and trees have been toppled, blocking some roads. At least one ship sank in the storm.”
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/least-76-people-killed-floods-073400039.html
“Cyclone Seroja will remain offshore until Wednesday, but after that it could hit the Pilbara region, a Bureau of Meteorology cyclone expert said.
“We do expect it to move into the waters north of Western Australia later this week,” Peter Clegg, the bureau’s lead tropical cyclone forecaster, told NCA NewsWire.
However, cyclone conditions are not expected in WA until Thursday.
“We expect it to remain a long way offshore for several days and not have any severe impact; it will be Thursday at the very earliest when we could see some impact on the Pilbara coast,” Mr Clegg said.
By the time it hits WA, though, Seroja may be upgraded to category 3.
https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/tropical-cyclone-seroja-expected-to-hit-wa-later-this-week/news-story/8445b7396aa76e0731365cadd52b98ff
“Western Australia is the resources export hub of Australia. The sector produces more than 50 different minerals from about 1,000 operating mines in Western Australia. For five commodities alone, Western Australia produced more than ten per cent of the world's total production in 2015.”
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