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Kalbarri destruction could take two years to rebuild as residents count cost of Cyclone Seroja
Cyclone victims could be left homeless and facing a two-year wait to rebuild amid labour and materials shortages in Australia as they deal with the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Seroja.
Key points:
- WA’s peak construction body is warning of lengthy rebuilding delays
- It’s due to high demand for trades and global supply disruptions
- Residents are unsure where they will live while they pick up the pieces
Residents are continuing to count the cost of the devastation three days after the category three system tore a path of destruction through towns in Western Australia’s Mid West.
The popular holiday town of Kalbarri, on the coast about 700 kilometres north of Perth, along with Northampton just to its south-east, were decimated when the rare…
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