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Cyclone Lam

January 2016

  • A property destroyed by Cyclone Lam in Galiwinku community on Elcho Island in the Northern Territory in February 2015.

    Northern Territory cyclone rebuild in remote communities gets $5m extra

    Territory and federal governments top up the more than $90m already promised to the region still recovering from 2015’s Cyclone Lam and Cyclone Nathan

November 2015

  • A property destroyed by Tropical Cyclone Lam in Galiwinku community on Elcho Island in the NT on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015. The storm damaged about two-thirds of homes, some irreparably, but despite the destruction no one was killed or seriously injured. (AAP Image/Neda Vanovac) NO ARCHIVING

    Cyclones had silver lining, say people of Arnhem Land as rebuilding begins

    The damage wrought by the storms Lam and Nathan earlier this year have been an opportunity to build new houses using local workers and supplies

March 2015

  • Warruwi residents line up for food at an evacuation centre inside Darwin Showground on March 23, 2015. More than 420 people were brought to Darwin, Australia in an evacuation ahead of tropical cyclone Nathan.

    Cyclone Nathan: 420 evacuated from remote NT community as storm intensifies

    Community of Warruwi evacuated as tropical cyclone heads for Goulburn Island as a category three storm
  • Cyclone Nathan crosses the top of the Northern Territory on Sunday afternoon and bears down on Elcho Island, having reached Arnhem Land earlier in the day.

    Cyclone Nathan strengthening, bears down on Elcho Island

    Tropical cyclone heading towards Elcho Island on Sunday night expected to be upgraded to category three after hitting Arnhem Land’s north east
  • A house totally destroyed by Tropical Cyclone Lam in Galiwinku on Elcho Island on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015. The remote Northern Territoy indigenous community of about 2500 residents was the hardest hit by the storm, with two-thirds of homes damaged. (AAP Image/Neda Vanovac) NO ARCHIVING

    Cyclone Lam: hundreds housed in tents as questions raised about reconstruction

    Massive cleanup and rebuild effort in Arnhem Land communities hit by category four cyclone last month is expected to cost more than $100m

February 2015

  • Flooding in Yeppoon after cyclone Marcia hit the coastal town in north Queensland on Friday.

    Cyclone aftermath: Queensland and NT braced for flooding amid heavy rain

    Australian defence force to help cyclone-hit towns in central Queensland on Saturday as the region battles with continued wild weather
  • Schoolchildren from Warruwi community attend class in Darwin on Friday.

    NT faces weekend of repairs as cyclone Lam downgraded

    Lam now a category one storm as it continues to travel south through inland areas after destroying houses and cutting power in Top End
  • Fay Brewer scrambles out of stuck lift doors after Cyclone Marcia cut power to the Yeppoon hotel on Friday, February 20.

    Cyclones Marcia and Lam batter Australia – in pictures

    Simultaneous cyclones struck Australia on Friday. The category-five cyclone, Marcia, made landfall on the east coast of Australia at 8am in the morning, brining with it a storm surge and wind speeds up to 285km/h. Meamnwhile another cyclone, Lam, a category-four storm, swept through the Northern Territories. Residents and professional photographers recorded the wild weather and carnage, while daring surfers made the most of the waves
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