In Australia, tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from Bowen town and Airlie Beach in Queensland State as authorities warned of possible deaths from by cyclone Debbie caused floods.<br/>'<br/>Category four Cyclone Debbie hit northeastern Australia on<br/>Tuesday between Bowen and Airlie Beach in Queensland state,<br/>ripping up trees, washing boats onto land and causing<br/>widespread damage.'<br/><br/>Debbie was downgraded to a tropical low as it tracked southeast, but continued with its damaging gusts and dump huge amounts of rain all the way down the eastern coast to New South Wales state, south of Queensland, and Sydney. Lismore near the New South Wales coast was hard hit. <br/>'<br/>In the areas hit by Debbie, including Bowen, Mackay and<br/>the Whitsundays, some 50,000 people were still without power,<br/>Queensland officials said. The military has mobilised 1,300 soldiers to help assess the full extent of the damage and aid the clean-up, with helicopters and planes deploying to restore infrastructure and supply emergency food, water and fuel.