Youre watching bbc world news. Its newsday. Glad you could join us. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 9am in north east australia, where whats being described as a Monster Cyclone is due to make landfall over the next few hours. Tens of thousands of people, including tourists, have been evacuated from coastal areas amid warnings of Winds Gusting up to 250km h and dangerous tidal surges. Trees are already being blown down by the wins. Cyclone debbie has been upgraded to a category four storm, one below the most violent, and is forecast to be the most powerful storm to hit the state of queensland for six years winds. Lets go to Hywel Griffith, who is joining us from townsville. By the looks at it its the Calm Before The Storm and everyone is saying Cyclone Debbie could be as devastating as cyclone yasi in 2011 . Yes. They are having to prepare for the worst here, the wind is picking up a bit as we get closer to the impact time, you do to be around Lunchtime Australian thai in
Youre watching bbc world news. Its newsday. Glad you could join us. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 9am in north east australia, where whats being described as a Monster Cyclone is due to make landfall over the next few hours. Tens of thousands of people, including tourists, have been evacuated from coastal areas amid warnings of Winds Gusting up to 250km h and dangerous tidal surges. Trees are already being blown down by the wins. Cyclone debbie has been upgraded to a category four storm, one below the most violent, and is forecast to be the most powerful storm to hit the state of queensland for six years winds. Lets go to Hywel Griffith, who is joining us from townsville. By the looks at it its the Calm Before The Storm and everyone is saying Cyclone Debbie could be as devastating as cyclone yasi in 2011 . Yes. They are having to prepare for the worst here, the wind is picking up a bit as we get closer to the impact time, you do to be around Lunchtime Australian thai in
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