Qld: Steve hits Cairns with damage reports coming in

AAP General News (Australia)
02-27-2000
Qld: Steve hits Cairns with damage reports coming in

EDS: TAKES IN FLOODS QLD



BRISBANE, Feb 27 AAP - Winds of up to 150 kilometres per hour and rain battered Cairns
tonight as cyclone Steve crossed the far north Queensland coast.

Reports of roof damage, power blackouts and fallen trees were already coming in.

However, emergency workers were not being allowed to respond to calls for assistance
until the cyclone had passed.

A spokesman at the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre in Brisbane said that once the cyclone
had crossed the coast, it was expected to become a rain …