AM - Clean up Continues After Tropical Cyclone Christine Crosses Pilbara Coast 01/01/2014

AM - Clean up continues after Tropical Cyclone Christine crosses Pilbara coast 01/01/2014

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AM's first show went to air on 4th September 1967. It covered topics as varied as the Vietnam elections, swimming the English channel (not Clean up continues after Tropical Cyclone topless) and 'one about a man who's eating a car'. Christine crosses Pilbara coast First AM broadcast - 4 Caitlyn Gribbin reported this story on 08:12:00 September 1967 Wednesday, January 1, 2014

TONY EASTLEY: Residents in Western Australia's Pilbara will this morning continue to clean up debris and repair damage caused by ALTERNATE WMA VERSION | MP3 DOWNLOAD Tropical Cyclone Christine.

WEDNESDAY DOWNLOAD MP3 The category three storm crossed the north-west WA coast on Monday SATURDAY MORE TO ADD? ALERT US » night. The storm damaged houses and infrastructure, but cattle graziers TUESDAY DOWNLOAD MP3 in the region say it has had some positive effects. MONDAY DOWNLOAD MP3 PRINT THIS STORY » FRIDAY DOWNLOAD MP3 Caitlyn Gribbin with this report. EMAIL A FRIEND »

SHARE ON FACEBOOK » CAITLYN GRIBBIN: Tropical Cyclone Christine hit the Pilbara coast between Roebourne and Whim Creek. It brought wind gusts up to SHARE ON TWITTER » 200km an hour and heavy rain to several communities. The worst hit towns were Karratha, Port Hedland and Roebourne.

The cyclone also tore through Sandie Franklin's property, Mallina Station, 100 kilometres from Port Hedland. Subscribe to our Daily or Story podcast. SANDIE FRANKLIN: Rain was horizontal so it got into everywhere and flooded the house. One big tree that came down in Cyclone John in 99, that fared all those years, it just split in half. Things from the shed have ALL ABOUT PODCASTING . now ended up at the house.

MORE SPECIALS CAITLYN GRIBBIN: While some inland Pilbara communities are still experiencing heavy rain and strong wind, the worst is over. There was little flooding because the cyclone crossed the coast after high tide.

AM David Hipworth runs a real estate business in Karratha and Port Hedland. PM

THE WORLD TODAY DAVID HIPWORTH: Some rooves have come off. Quite a few trees have CORRESPONDENTS REPORT come down. You know, I wouldn't say that 30 per cent of the town's

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vegetation was lost, but I would probably say about 15 per cent. Minor in Program Websites comparison to how badly it could have been.

CAITLYN GRIBBIN: This morning, the clean-up will continue. Crews are repairing damage to homes and vital infrastructure and fixing overhead powerlines.

On Pilbara cattle stations, there's also plenty of work to be done, but Sandie Franklin says she doesn't mind because the cyclone has brought 130 millimetres of much needed rain.

SANDIE FRANKLIN: This time last week were flat out pumping water at several water points around the station so that we could just have Christmas Day off because we were really struggling for water. So yeah, huge relief, huge relief.

CAITLYN GRIBBIN: So a week ago you were worried about water supply.

SANDIE FRANKLIN: Absolutely. But when you can see the grass greening up before your eyes, and you can, it definitely is worth it. They desperately needed it. All farmers, we're never happy. We either get too much or not enough, but at this time of year this is a really good start for the year, very great to have it.

TONY EASTLEY: Pilbara cattle grazier Sandie Franklin ending Caitlyn Gribbin's report.

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