Australia storms: Cyclones hit Queensland and Northern Territory
Two major storms have slammed into Australia, bringing winds that have knocked out power to homes and forced evacuations in coastal areas, the BBC reported.
Tropical Cyclone Marcia hit the Queensland coast between St Lawrence and Yeppoon.
Arriving as a Category Five storm, it has now been downgraded to a Three but forecasters are warning of heavy rain and abnormally high tides.
Separately, Tropical Cyclone Lam hit the Northern Territory.
Lam, which arrived as a Category Four, struck Elcho Island and is moving south-west. Local residents said roofs had been torn off from a number of houses and trees uprooted.
There have been no reports of injuries there, and the storm was later downgraded to Category Two as it continued moving inland.