Hier op de voet te volgen.
Details of Severe Tropical Cyclone Debbie at 9:00 pm AEST:
Intensity: category 4, sustained winds near the centre of 165 kilometres per hour with wind gusts to 230 kilometres per hour.
Location: within 30 kilometres of 19.6 degrees South, 149.8 degrees East , 175 kilometres east northeast of Bowen and 190 kilometres north northeast of Mackay .
Movement: west southwest at 7 kilometres per hour .
Severe tropical cyclone Debbie is currently a category 4 cyclone. It may intensify further as it continues to move west-southwest towards the Queensland coast tonight. Severe tropical cyclone Debbie is forecast to make landfall between Cape Upstart and Cape Hillsborough (north of Mackay) on Tuesday morning.
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Zo te zien gebruiken de Australiers een andere schaal dan de Saffir-Simpson schaal.
165 km/hr gemiddeld is namelijk categorie 2 op de Saffir-Simpson schaal.
Maar hoe dan ook een heleboel wind.
