Cyclone destroys houses, cuts power on Australia's west coast

A tropical cyclone off Australia’s west coast destroyed several homes and cut electricity to tens of thousands of people overnight before weakening in power on Monday morning.Officials said around 70%

A tropical cyclone off Australia’s west coast destroyed several homes and cut electricity to tens of thousands of people overnight before weakening in power on Monday morning. Officials said around 70% of the structures in the coastal town of Kalbarri, about 500 kilometres north of state capital Perth, had sustained damage when the category three storm made landfall late on Sunday. Around 30% of that damage was “significant”, WA Emergency Services Commissioner Darren Klemm told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.