About 700 people were stranded in the far north of Australia on Tuesday, after a cyclone struck their remote region, cutting it off from the rest of the country.
The Australian army tried to evacuate the residents of the small Boroloa area in the Northern Territory, but bad weather conditions prevented the planes from landing on Monday, and the authorities asked residents to take shelter in the area that was struck by the cyclone on Monday afternoon.
The storm, classified as a Category 3, was accompanied by heavy rains and strong winds whose speed ranged between 170 and 200 kilometers per hour, according to the Meteorological Office.
Emergency Situations Minister Murray Watt said, "Bad weather conditions prevented evacuations yesterday, but we expect a new deployment (of teams) today."
Tropical Cyclone Megan has been downgraded to a tropical depression as winds recede, but heavy rain continues to fall as the storm moves toward land.
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