Tropical Cyclone Marcia slammed into the Queensland coast having been upgraded to a category five, the most severe. Hundreds of people were cowering in cyclone shelters although there were no immediate reports of significant damage. The tempest made landfall on the Capricorn coast near Shoalwater Bay, north of Yeppoon, a town of 16,000 people some 670 kilometres north of Brisbane.It is moving south towards Rockhampton, with the impact being felt over a wide area, and officials saying it could impact some 170,000 people in the region.
Cyclone Marcia hits Aussie
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