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What's the temperature where you are???

85° at 2:30 P.M. 😒

Even this black-tailed rattlesnake is confused about the weather (we don't typically see snakes in February).

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Thursday 6th of February 8.01a.m. Sunny and clear. 5.5 / 11.1kph WSW, Hg 64%, 24.2C / 75.6 top of 27C / 81F. Partly cloudy.

Moon is 63%

Christmas Island battered by high swells, winds amid strong monsoon​

16 hours ago​

Residents on Christmas Island say a long wait for repairs has left them vulnerable as the impact of a severe monsoon ripples toward the remote territory.

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Swells of about three metres have battered the island, 1,600 kilometres north west of Perth, since late last week, with the surge expected to peak about 4.5 metres on Thursday.

The rough conditions are linked to a strong low-pressure trough driving heavy rain in parts of Australia's north, coinciding with twin severe tropical cyclones forming to the island's south.

The Bureau of Meteorology is confident both tropical cyclones will remain well off-shore but warns TC Taliah could lash the island with 70kph winds.

Australian Federal Police said at least one building had its roof torn off on Monday, while the collapse of a 20m section of seawall has put residences and vital infrastructure under threat.

Territory Controller David Blockley said families living at ground level near the damaged seawall were encouraged to seek alternate accommodation.

"We don't consider people's lives [to be] at risk," Detective Sergeant Blockley said.

"But … if they have the opportunity to go and stay with family members or move to an alternative location, we would advise them to do that.

"[They should] certainly have some bags packed in the event of the worst case scenario."

He said authorities were focusing their efforts on plugging sinkholes along the island's foreshore, as well as protecting underground power and internet cables from inundation.

Home to almost 1,700 people, Christmas Island is administered as an external territory by the Commonwealth government.
 

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