singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it s newsday. glad you could join us. it is 7am in singapore, midnight in london, and 9am in queensland, australia, where the devastation caused by cyclone debbie is beginning to emerge. australia s prime minister malcolm turnbull has activated a disaster response plan and has warned people they may have to remain in shelters for several our come. the storm brought with it torrential rain and winds of almost 260 kilometres per hour. nearly 250,000 people lost power, airports have been closed, and there has been damage to infrastructure near the water. look at these images filmed by nasa from the international space station. cyclone debbie had an eye 50 kilometres across. the premier warned of plenty of work to be done. we are looking at significant destruction, we think. we are preparing for that. we are doing the work now to get the assets on the ground, including with military partners, to make sure we can get in there with the
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