Tropical Storms
In the Southern Indian Ocean:
Tropical cyclone Ita is located approximately 55 nm south-southeast of Cairns, Australia.
Category 4 Tropical Cyclone Ita powered ashore along Australia’s Queensland coast near 9 pm local time (10 UTC) on Friday with sustained winds rated at 145 mph by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Satellite loops show that Ita has weakened considerably since landfall, with the cloud tops in the eyewall clouds warming.
Ita leaves 7000 without power in Australia - About 7000 houses remain without power after Cyclone Ita battered Queensland and authorities have warned it could be months until power is restored.
Cyclone Ita ran south of Cairns but wind gusts of up to 100km per hour are still expected in the city. Residents in north Queensland are facing flooding and power outages as Tropical Cyclone Ita continues to make its way down the state's coast.
NewsBytes:
Weather-related blackouts in USA have doubled in 10 years. Most of the blackouts were triggered when extreme weather damaged large transmission lines and substations. Michigan had the most outages.
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