As the largest cyclone in a generation steamed towards her remote cattle station, Debbie Jackson, her husband, Kevin, their family, and a family friend took cover the best they could, in shipping containers. The seven stayed up all night in anticipation of the arrival of Tropical Cyclone Narelle.
Boasting wind gusts up to 270km/h, the storm tore through Archer River, a tiny community about 650km north of Cairns, the most northerly city in Queensland, Australia. Witnesses say the winds tore trees from the ground, dumping them on to houses and sheds.
