CAIRNS, Australia — The tail end of one of Australia’s largest-ever cyclones triggered wild storms and flash flooding at the other end of the country today, while residents in the cyclone zone picked through what was left of their homes.
The tropical low that was Cyclone Yasi, which tore through the northeast this week, was active over central Australia and making a series of thunderstorms much worse over the southern city of Melbourne and other large towns in Victoria state, the Bureau of Meteorology said.
More than 7 inches of rain fell in a few hours Friday in some Melbourne neighborhoods and winds gusting to 80 mph knocked down trees, the Bureau of Meteorology said. The State Emergency Service said 84 people were rescued from cars that stalled in water or from inundated properties.
