RESIDENTS in the Northern Territory's far north are bracing for the arrival of Tropical Cyclone Monica,
that means me. I've taped all the windows over and brought in the loose stuff.
predicted to be among the most severe storms ever to strike Australia. The category five cyclone, which is packing winds of up to 350km/h near its core, is forecast to cross the Northern Territory coastline late tonight.
| Don't take chances with it. Go visit someplace well inland... |
Darwin's Anzac Day dawn service and march have been cancelled because of the cyclone. (Some spokesman said) Monica would be extremely dangerous and destructive when it slammed into the north coastline of Arnhem land, saying it was "quite possibly" the most severe cyclone to ravage Australia. Mr Jackson said Monica would be more intense than Cyclone Tracy, which decimated Darwin on Christmas Eve 1974, killing 65 people and leaving tens of thousands homeless.
If this one hits the strength it's at now, people are definitely going to die. Darwin has many times the population now it did in 1974, heaps more apartment buildings. plus dodgy building sites with pipes and loose tiles. We're all prepared but this could be the biggest disaster to strike Australia in the making. Hope I don't die but there's no guarantees. I'm going to wait it out with generator, but I am just out of the flood zone so no guarantees no flooding in here. |