Meanwhile In ‘Oz’
It is going to be a hard start to the New Year.
Cyclone Christine tears through Wickham, in Western Australia’s Pilbara, lifting roofs and felling trees. It is going to take a lot of work just to clear the debris caused by the storm on the coast, and it is still a Category 2 storm well inland.
Much further south the weather is also unkind: Mawson expedition set to be stranded in Antarctic for new year after bad weather delays helicopter rescue. The helicopter that was supposed to take them off the stranded vessel couldn’t fly because of the high winds and blowing snow.
