Cyclone Lua hits Northern Australia
At this moment in time Northern Australia is getting a hammering from Cyclone Lua. Cyclone Lua was predicted to make landfall today 1200 local time, North of Port Hedland. Check out images from NASA's Aqua Satellite of Cyclone Lua as she approaches the Australian Coast.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hurricanes/archives/2012/h2012_Lua.html
According to <news.com.au> the Cyclone Lua has been up-graded to a category 4. With wind gusts expected up to 230km/h. The Australia Cyclone Severity Scale is from 1 -5, 5 is >280 km/h extreme destruction.
http://www.news.com.au/national/cyclone-lua-upgraded-to-category-four/story-e6frfkvr-1226302410817
Here is the Australian Cyclone Severity Scale
http://www.riskfrontiers.com/scales/scalespage8.htm
Keep up with the latest storm images and data from Nasa.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hurricanes/news/index.html
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At this moment in time Northern Australia is getting a hammering from Cyclone Lua. Cyclone Lua was predicted to make landfall today 1200 local time, North of Port Hedland. Check out images from NASA's Aqua Satellite of Cyclone Lua as she approaches the Australian Coast.According to <news.com.au> the Cyclone Lua has been up-graded to a category 4. With wind gusts expected up to 230km/h. The Australia Cyclone Severity Scale is from 1 -5, 5 is >280 km/h extreme destruction.
http://www.news.com.au/national/cyclone-lua-upgraded-to-category-four/story-e6frfkvr-1226302410817
Here is the Australian Cyclone Severity Scale
http://www.riskfrontiers.com/scales/scalespage8.htm
Keep up with the latest storm images and data from Nasa.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hurricanes/news/index.html
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