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Rough surf, strong winds and heavy rain hit Cairns as Cyclone Jasper approaches landfall in far north Queensland. A tropical cyclone was building strength as it rolled towards northeastern Australia, with authorities warning "life-threatening" floods could swamp coastal regions for days. IMAGES
Cyclone Biparjoy slams into the Indian beach town of Mandvi, with strong winds and rain rocking street signs and shaking palm trees. Gusts of wind and sheets of rain reduced visibility with a dull grey mist as almost all stores were closed. Forecasters had warned that Biparjoy was likely to devastate homes and tear down power lines, prompting evacuations. IMAGES
Crashing waves pounded the coastline of India and Pakistan on Thursday, hours before the landfall. Biparjoy, a cyclone whose name means "disaster" in Bengali, is making its way across the Arabian Sea and is expected to make landfall as a "very severe cyclonic storm" on Thursday evening. IMAGES
Heavy rainfall barrels down Newcastle in Australia's east coast Thursday as emergency services order some Sydney residents to prepare to flee. IMAGES
Mumbai (India), May 17 (EFE / EPA) .- India has evacuated more than 135,000 people on the western coast of the country before the arrival of the "extremely severe" cyclone Tauktae, which will make its landfall this Monday with winds of up to 185 kilometers per hour while the country registers the highest numbers of Covid-19 cases in the world.FOOTAGE OF THE DESTRUCTION GENERATED BY THE CYCLONE IN MUMBAI, INDIA.