As Rockhampton residents braced for a nine-metre-high major flood this week, efforts were bolstered by some of the 1600 Australian Defence Force troops deployed to help cope with Cyclone Debbie and its aftermath.
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| An Australian Army Mercedes Benz G-Wagon disembarks landing craft at the Keppel Bay Marina, Yeppoon, Central Queensland, bound for Rockhampton. |
In the past fortnight, the military dispatched helicopters, four landing craft, two larger naval ships and conveys of heavy vehicles to deliver water, medicine and other emergency supplies after the category four storm hit.
Read Peter Hannam’s story in The Sydney Morning Herald - “‘Disaster alley': Cyclone Debbie shows how climate change will test Australia's military.”
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