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Australia moving 2 000 people from powerful cyclone's path

2019-03-21 11:33
In a satellite image acquired from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Cyclone Trevor moves over the Northern Territory. (Bureau of Meteorology, AAP Image via AP)

In a satellite image acquired from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Cyclone Trevor moves over the Northern Territory. (Bureau of Meteorology, AAP Image via AP)

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Australia is evacuating about 2 000 people from part of northern Australia ahead of a powerful cyclone expected to hit on Saturday.

Evacuees were being moved by air and road on Thursday from remote, mostly indigenous communities on the Northern Territory's east coast to the territory's capital, Darwin.

Australia's Bureau of Meteorology said Cyclone Trevor with winds gusting up to 260km/h was expected to bring heavy rainfall and a dangerous storm surge.

Northern Territory Chief Minister Michael Gunner said a state of emergency had been declared in part of the west coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria, where Trevor is expected to make landfall.

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