what s being described as a monster cyclone is now making landfall in northeast australia. tens of thousands of people, including tourists, have been evacuated from coastal areas,amid warnings of winds gusting up to 250 kilometres an hour and dangerous tidal surges. caroline davies reports. cyclone debbie has already made itself felt. people living along the coast in queensland, north east australia, have been battered by high winds and rain as the storm approaches. authorities knew it was coming, and there advice has been to get out. it is very clear that the time for people to move is now to go to family and friends. this is a severe weather system. move now! don t wait until tomorrow because you will not be able to move. overnight, the storm was upgraded to a category 4, only one level below the most violent possible, with winds of up to 250 kilometres per hour. this is the city of bowen and it has been locked down. popular tourist destinations like the whitsundays and a
will the move really help to boostjobs? and hit the road jack, uber‘s self driving cars are going back on the road after a crash in arizona. hello. what s being described as a monster cyclone has made landfall and is battering northeast australia. tens of thousands of people including tourists have been evacuated from coastal areas. there were warnings of winds gusting up to 250 kilometres an hour and dangerous tidal surges. caroline davies reports. cyclone debbie has hit australia. trees have been ripped up and buildings damaged as the storm moves across the queensland coast in north east australia. the authorities have known that the storm was coming, and their advice has been to get out. it s very clear that the time to move is now, to go to family and friends. this is a severe weather system. move now! don t wait til tomorrow, because you will not be able to move. overnight, the storm was upgraded to a category 4, only one level below the most violent level possible. th
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it s 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 9am in queensland, australia, where the devastation caused by cyclone debbie is being assessed. only one fatality has been reported so only one fatality has been reported so far but parts of the state are difficult to access because of blocked roads. the australian army is heading into the hardest hit areas where tens of thousands of homes are without power. let s hear the latest reaction. it looks like a war zone but the good thing is there s not a great deal of structural damage, there s a few trees down, we ve lost a lot of awnings, signs are blown over. the biggest issue is the power lines that are down and covering the roads. all the roads have being cut off around bowen, airlie beach, it s going to be a huge job to clear those so we re asking people to stay indoors and not move until we can get emergency service personnel there. at the moment not very rainy reports of injury but having said that we know a lot of people have
will trigger the process by which britain will leave the eu. it will be handed to the president of the european council on wednesday. mrs may said she was determined to use brexit as an opportunity to build a global britain, with new trade alliances across the world. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. nine months of careful assembly, plenty of preparation, and attention to detail. the decisions that have been taken will affect all our lives and livelihoods, and her political future. banging the drum for trade with the gulf, the prime minister wants to reach out. tomorrow we begin the negotiations to secure a new deep and special partnership with the european union. as we do so, i am determined that we should also seize this historic opportunity to get out into the world. but there s a job at home to do, too. here in birmingham, voters favoured leaving the eu but were split almost down the middle. nevermind for now, negotiating with more than two dozen other countr