Weather station staff on Willis Island have been evacuated and businesses have shut their doors as Queensland prepares to face Tropical Cyclone Jasper.
Four Bureau of Meteorology personnel had to be taken to safety by HMAS Brisbane, a Royal Australian Navy guided missile destroyer, ahead of the incoming cyclone. They were located at a weather station on Willis Island – a remote, small and exposed sand island off the Queensland coast, that lies “directly in the path of approaching severe Tropical Cyclone Jasper,” according to a defence spokesperson.
