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Eerie scenes have captured the extent of Tropical Cyclone Narelle’s arrival in Western Australia, before it left a trail of destruction in its path.

The Cook Shire council estimates power outages have left 73 customers without electricity in Coen plus 105 more farther south

The WSWS spoke with survivors of Cyclone Ditwah, which has unleashed the worst humanitarian disaster in Sri Lanka in decades. Striking on November 27 before moving into India, the cyclone has left more than 635 confirmed dead, with nearly 200 still missing.

Authorities have issued a terrifying cyclone warning video ahead of a category 5 system bearing down the country’s north, simulating the possible extent of the damage.