Tugir þúsunda heimila eru rafmagnslaus og yfirmaður lögreglunnar í Queensland hefur varað við því að skemmdir eigi eftir að verða miklar.
Skömmu eftir að Debbie gekk inn á land var hún lækkuð niður í þriðja flokks óveður. Enn er þó varað við því að Debbie sé stórhættuleg. Hundruð hafa beðið yfirvöld um aðstoð, en viðbragðsaðilar geta ekki komið fólki til hjálpar þar sem aðstæður þykja of slæmar.
Satellites watched as Tropical Cyclone Debbie intensified into a hurricane off the coast of eastern Australia: https://t.co/ADcKow7ul6 pic.twitter.com/oH5hdrmDfC
— NASA (@NASA) March 27, 2017
48,000 homes go without power as category 3 Cyclone Debbie hits north-east Australia. https://t.co/5KJfiswKpB pic.twitter.com/JpDCuygBbR
— AJ+ (@ajplus) March 28, 2017
Video from northeast Australian coast shows powerful Cyclone Debbie as it made landfall, packing winds up to 160 mph https://t.co/QFsho2gqCZ pic.twitter.com/9f9ghaG6dF
— ABC News (@ABC) March 28, 2017
Cyclone Debbie: Before and after photos show Hamilton Island battered https://t.co/QixY60UFC4 pic.twitter.com/XN8LH5pPPs
— ABC News (@abcnews) March 28, 2017
One chance on TV... its your moment mate, make your family, friends and town proud... #CycloneDebbie pic.twitter.com/G9xeooh6nZ
— Chris White (@ytboy7) March 28, 2017