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Added on the 20/05/2020 11:15:25 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Rough surf, strong winds and heavy rain hit Cairns as Cyclone Jasper approaches landfall in far north Queensland. A tropical cyclone was building strength as it rolled towards northeastern Australia, with authorities warning "life-threatening" floods could swamp coastal regions for days. IMAGES
Crashing waves pounded the coastline of India and Pakistan on Thursday, hours before the landfall. Biparjoy, a cyclone whose name means "disaster" in Bengali, is making its way across the Arabian Sea and is expected to make landfall as a "very severe cyclonic storm" on Thursday evening. IMAGES
Scene from the beach town of Mandvi around 100 kilometres southeast of Jakhau Port where Cyclone Biparjoy is expected to make landfall. IMAGES
People take shelter at a school in Teknaf, the southern-most border town in Bangladesh, ahead of the arrival of Cyclone Mocha. Bangladeshi authorities had moved 190,000 people in Cox's Bazar and nearly 100,000 in Chittagong to safety ahead of the cyclonic storm. IMAGES
Wind and rain in Myanmar's Kyanktaw as tropical Cyclone Mocha forecast to make landfall in hours. IMAGES