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Cyclone Jasper makes landfall in Australia

By Agence France-Presse Tropical Cyclone Jasper hit northeast Australia Wednesday, leaving thousands of people in coastal communities without power and preparing for potentially “life-threatening” floods. The Category Two storm barrelled in off the Coral Sea, making landfall at around 5:00 pm on Wednesday (0700 GMT), government meteorologists said. Damaging winds of up to 113 kilometres […]