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This blog is now closed Gas giants warn against windfall gains tax as Pocock says ‘wartime profits’ should go to struggling Australians Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Far north residents in the path of Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle say they have taken shelter as winds begin to swirl in the remote Cape York Communities. Sara Watkins, the owner of Coen Mechanical and the Little Bush Pantry in the township of Coen – population about 330 – say they moved to a more secure brick building when the winds picked up about 4am, local time. The wind has really started to pick up, you can hear a couple of things moving around outside. Until the wind started it was so still. It was raining but it was really still. That’s not like Coen, when it rains it pours and the wind moves about. In Coen there are a lot of old properties that have been through cyclones in the past, they are standing but they’re not cyclone rated by any means. Continue reading...