A severe storm in Australia trapped hundreds of people
| Hundreds of residents of a region in northern Australia have recently been caught in the wake of "Tropical Storm Megan" and the suspension of the evacuation process, and their connection with other regions of the country has been cut off. |
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) has announced that this category 3 storm with rain and strong winds with a speed of about 170 to 200 kilometers per hour is northeast, Xinhua news agency reported. It has hit the “Northern Territory of Australia”.
On Monday, the evacuation operation from the city of Burrulula, 50 kilometers from the site of the storm and 700 kilometers southeast of Darwin, the capital of the country, due to bad weather conditions and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) planes could not land. Postponed.
With the occurrence of this storm, 700 people were trapped and the electricity was cut off in this area.
In a press conference on Monday, Australia’s Northern Territory Chief Minister Eva Lawler said there were about 71 buildings in Borrula that could withstand Category 3 storms and residents could take shelter in them.
He added: We are working with the local emergency management team to keep this community safe.
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology has issued a flood warning of up to 300 millimeters of rain across the country’s northeastern Northern Territory, but said the likelihood of large-scale destruction is low.
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