All about Cyclone Mangga hits Western Australia.
                     All about Cyclone Mangga hits 
Western Australia
CYCLONE MANGGA
• A massive storm has wreaked havoc on southern 
coastal parts of Western Australia, including Perth, 
with thousands of homes without power, trees down 
and reports of widespread property damage.
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CITY OF PERTH HIT
• State Emergency Services (SES) staff have 
answered hundreds of calls for help since Sunday 
night. Most were for structural and roof damage 
with the majority of call-outs in the Perth 
metropolitan area 
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POWERFUL STORM
• Wind gusts of up to 132 kilometres per hour were 
recorded at Cape Leeuwin, in the state's south-
west, at 4:15am, while Kalgoorlie Airport recorded 
gusts of up to 94kph.
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POWER DISRUPTION
• At the peak of the storm, power was cut to about 
65,000 properties. It was restored to the vast 
majority within a day, but conditions were 
preventing substantial repairs from being 
completed.
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UNUSUAL WEATHER
• The damaging winds and severe weather lasted for 
much of the south before easing off as the storm 
passed. The unusual weather was the result of a 
system from ex-Tropical Cyclone Mangga interacting 
with a cold front.
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NOT IN THE CYCLONE SEASON
• The official Australian cyclone season ended on 
April 30 and the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) said 
while some cyclones were known to form in early 
May, it was rare to see one so late in the month.
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EROSION AT PORT BEACH
• The storm has caused significant erosion at Port 
Beach, near Fremantle. The beach has long battled 
erosion issues, and is one of a number of the state's 
coastal areas where relocation of buildings has been 
suggested.
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WORST-HIT
• Busselton has been one of the worst hit areas in the 
South West, with widespread power outages, fallen 
trees and minor structural damage reported. Mayor 
Grant Henley said the high tides and swell had also 
caused a lot of damage along the Busselton coast.
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CROPS DESTROYED
• The storm has come as a costly blow for South 
West fruit and vegetable growers. Some had only 
just replanted their crops after a storm tore 
through the region last month.
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