1/61Airlie Beach wakes to a post cyclone Debbie world. Photographer: Liam Kidston
Destruction of Cyclone Debbie: In pictures
IT’S the day after and the full wrath of Cyclone Debbie is starting to be realised.
2/61A boat is seen smashed against the bank at Shute Harbour, Airlie Beach, Wednesday, March 29, 2017. Cyclone Debbie has hit Queensland’s far north coast yesterday as a category 4 cyclone, causing wide spread damage. Picture: AAP Image/Dan Peled
3/61Damage seen in the town of Bowen, Queensland, Wednesday, March 29, 2017. The coastal Queensland town of Bowen has found itself largely intact in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Debbie. Picture: AAP Image/Sarah Motherwell
4/61Boats is seen smashed against the bank at Shute Harbour, Airlie Beach, Wednesday, March 29, 2017. Cyclone Debbie has hit Queensland’s far north coast yesterday as a category 4 cyclone, causing wide spread damage. Picture: AAP Image/Dan Peled
5/61Boats are seen smashed against a bank at Shute Harbour, Airlie Beach, Wednesday, March 29, 2017. Cyclone Debbie has hit Queensland’s far north coast yesterday as a category 4 cyclone, causing wide spread damage. Picture: AAP Image/Dan Peled
6/61Airlie Beach wakes to a post cyclone Debbie world. Photographer: Liam Kidston
7/61Damage seen in the town of Bowen, Queensland, Wednesday, March 29, 2017. The coastal Queensland town of Bowen has found itself largely intact in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Debbie. Picture: AAP Image/Sarah Motherwell
8/61A sunken boat is seen at Shute Harbour, Airlie Beach, Wednesday, March 29, 2017. Picture: AAP Image/Dan Peled
9/61Local council worker Brian Doyle inspects damage at Shute Harbour, Airlie Beach, Wednesday, March 29, 2017. Picture: AAP Image/Dan Peled
10/61Locals inspect damage at Shute Harbour, Airlie Beach, Wednesday, March 29, 2017. Picture: AAP Image/Dan Peled
11/61Locals inspect boats that smashed agains rocks at Shute Harbour, Airlie Beach, Wednesday, March 29, 2017. Picture: AAP Image/Dan Peled
12/61Airlie Beach wakes to a post cyclone Debbie world. Photographer: Liam Kidston
13/61Airlie Beach wakes to a post cyclone Debbie world. Photographer: Liam Kidston
14/61A boat is seen smashed against the bank at Shute Harbour, Airlie Beach, Wednesday, March 29, 2017. Picture: AAP Image/Dan Peled
15/61A plane flipped at Bowen Airport, Queensland, Wednesday, March 29, 2017. The coastal Queensland town of Bowen has found itself largely intact in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Debbie. Picture: AAP Image/Sarah Motherwell
16/61Cyclone Debbie - Mackay - Emergency workers begin removing fallen tree in Mackay after #CycloneDebbie Permission given. Picture: Nigel Wadsworth/Twitter
17/61A boat is seen smashed against the bank at Shute Harbour, Airlie Beach, Wednesday, March 29, 2017. Picture: AAP Image/Dan Peled
18/61A boat is seen smashed against the bank at Shute Harbour, Airlie Beach, Wednesday, March 29, 2017. Picture: AAP Image/Dan Peled
19/61Damege seen in the town of Bowen, Queensland, Wednesday, March 29, 2017. Picture: AAP Image/Sarah Motherwell
20/61Cyclone Debbie Proserpine QLD - image posted by Rachel Harm to Facebook - 'My yard and the neighbours shed which is now in my backyard' Picture: Rachel Harm/Facebook
21/61Bradley Mitchell inspects the damage to his uncle’s boat after it smashed against the bank at Shute Harbour, Airlie Beach, Wednesday, March 29, 2017. Picture: AAP Image/Dan Peled
22/61Bradley Mitchell inspects the damage to his uncle’s boat after it smashed against the bank at Shute Harbour, Airlie Beach, Wednesday, March 29, 2017. Picture: AAP Image/Dan Peled
23/6128/03/2017 Damage from Cyclone Debbie at Shute Harbour close to Airlie Beach. Source: Jess Millward/Twitter
24/61Cyclone Debbie 2017. Bowen foreshore. Picture: Evan Morgan
25/61Locals Jayden Thacknay, 20; Raih Woodley, 22; and Rasa Lackey, 20; removing fallen branches from the main street of Airlie Beach as the eye of cyclone Debbie passed over. Photographer: Liam Kidston
26/61Strong winds and rain lash Airlie Beach, Tuesday, March 28, 2017. Picture: AAP Image/Dan Peled
27/61A house in Airlie is left with a gapping hole and a tree on the roof during Cyclone Debbie. Picture: Alix Sweeney
28/6128/3/17: a normally dry park behind the beach, and palm trees being bent by the continuing wind and rain as Bowen continues to feel the effects of driving rain and strong winds of tropical cyclone Debbie even hours after it has passed ,in Bowen, Nth QLD. Picture: Lyndon Mechielsen/The Australian
29/61The high tide and storm surge combined makes a dangerous due at Sarina Beach.
30/6128/3/17: the foreshore wind socks are now destroyed by the continuing wind as Bowen continues to feel the effects of driving rain. Picture: Lyndon Mechielsen/The Australian
31/61A painted message directed at oncoming Tropical Cyclone Debbie is seen on the front fence of the house of builder Graham Wilson in Bowen. Monday, March 27, 2017. Picture: AAP Image/Sarah Motherwell
32/6128/03/2017 Damage from Cyclone Debbie at Shute Harbour close to Airlie Beach. Source: Jess Millward/Twitter
33/61Proserpine sugar cane crop blown over by cyclone Debbie winds. Photographer: Liam Kidston.
34/61A tree is fallen across a road at Airlie Beach, Tuesday, March 28, 2017. Picture: AAP Image/Dan Peled
35/61This Mackay building as seen before (left) and during (right) the storm. Pic Annette Dew
36/61Now on it’s way to recovery after being rescued by Townsville Bulletin photographer Dubbed ‘Debbie’, this cockatoo was found battered and broken, stripped of feathers stands amongst the snapped branches in Airlie during Cyclone Debbie. Picture: Alix Sweeney
37/61The cockatoo wrapped in a towel during the wait for help to arrive for the injured bird. Picture: Townsville Bulletin
38/61Professional storm chaser Daniel Hair has captured incredible video of the storm surge hitting Mackay QLD. Cyclone Debbie - Mackay storm surge on coast. Picture: Daniel Hair/Severe Weather
39/61A palm tree is fallen at Airlie Beach, Tuesday, March 28, 2017. Cyclone Debbie is expected hit Queensland’s far north coast as a category 4 cyclone early afternoon on today. Picture: AAP Image/Dan Peled
40/61Professional storm chaser Daniel Hair has captured incredible video of the storm surge hitting Mackay QLD. Cyclone Debbie - Mackay storm surge on coast. Picture: Daniel Hair/Severe Weather
41/61Shops have been trashed on the main street of Airlie during Cyclone Debbie. Picture: Alix Sweeney
42/6128/3/17: a “keep left” flies past down the street after being ripped from its post as the wind and rain reach their peak as the eye of the cyclone gets closer, in the main street of Bowen. Picture: Lyndon Mechielsen/The Australian
43/61Storm damage to a hotel is seen at Airlie Beach, Tuesday, March 28, 2017. Cyclone Debbie is expected hit Queensland’s far north coast as a category 4 cyclone early afternoon on today. Picture: AAP Image/Dan Peled
44/61Shops have been trashed on the main street of Airlie during Cyclone Debbie. Picture: Alix Sweeney
45/61Cyclone Debbie hits the Whitsundays, 1pm Tuesday March 28.
46/61Shops have been trashed on the main street of Airlie during Cyclone Debbie. Picture: Alix Sweeney
47/61Locals Rasa Lackey, 20; Raih Woodley, 22; and Jayden Thacknay, 20, check for damage as the eye of cyclone Debbie passes over Airlie Beach. Photographer: Liam Kidston.
48/61Cyclone Debbie - Facebook user Tracy Levett posted this image of her backyard in Bowen, Queensland. Permission given. Picture: Tracy Levett/Facebook
49/6110 year-old Wendal Jennings reads his book in a temporary cyclone shelter in the town of Ayr in far north Queensland as Cyclone Debbie approaches on March 28, 2017. Picture: AFP PHOTO / PETER PARKS
50/61Empty car stranded at Airlie Beach - Cyclone Debbie. Picture: Channel 9
51/61The conditions at Sarina Beach at the storm surge hit during a high tide. Mackay images Cyclone Debbie
52/61A general view shows empty streets in the town of Ayr in far north Queensland as Cyclone Debbie approaches on March 28, 2017. Picture: AFP PHOTO / PETER PARKS
53/61Quarry Hill rugby ground flooded. Mackay images Cyclone Debbie
54/61Outdoor furniture are sunk in a motel’s pool for safety at Airlie Beach, Tuesday, March 28, 2017. Cyclone Debbie is expected hit Queensland’s far north coast as a category 4 cyclone early afternoon on today. Picture: AAP Image/Dan Peled
55/61A palm tree is seen fallen behind a motel at Airlie Beach, Tuesday, March 28, 2017. Cyclone Debbie is expected hit Queensland’s far north coast as a category 4 cyclone early afternoon on today. Picture: AAP Image/Dan Peled
56/61Shops have been trashed on the main street of Airlie during Cyclone Debbie. Picture: Alix Sweeney
57/61Cyclone Debbie - Twitter user Ange_Nixon posted this image of a yacht at Eimeo Creek near Mackay. Picture: Ange_Nixon/Twitter
58/61Shops have been trashed on the main street of Airlie during Cyclone Debbie. Picture: Alix Sweeney
59/61A house in Airlie is left with a gapping hole and a tree on the roof during Cyclone Debbie. Picture: Alix Sweeney
60/61Power lines are left in bad shape in Airlie during Cyclone Debbie. Picture: Alix Sweeney
61/61Houses in Airlie left with damage during Cyclone Debbie. Picture: Alix Sweeney
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