Cyclone Rusty captured on YouTube

Cyclone chasers, puddle surfers and ordinary citizens of Western Australia are documenting the fury and destruction of Tropical Cyclone Rusty and uploading them to YouTube.

Watch as Swan5 drives around Port South Hedland.

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This video was shot in South Hedland here:

<span>&amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;lt;small&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;a style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left" href="https://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&amp;amp;amp;amp;source=embed&amp;amp;amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;amp;amp;geocode=&amp;amp;amp;amp;q=south+Hedland&amp;amp;amp;amp;aq=&amp;amp;amp;amp;sll=-22.105999,123.156738&amp;amp;amp;amp;sspn=16.584565,28.54248&amp;amp;amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;amp;amp;hq=&amp;amp;amp;amp;hnear=South+Hedland+Western+Australia&amp;amp;amp;amp;ll=-20.409412,118.600434&amp;amp;amp;amp;spn=0.004108,0.006968&amp;amp;amp;amp;t=h&amp;amp;amp;amp;z=14"&amp;amp;gt;View Larger Map&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;/small&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;Australia's very own storm-chasing weather geeks and the "first dedicated cyclone chasing team", Oz Cyclone Chasers, update YouTube using their cyclone modeling software.&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;<brightspot-cms-external-content data-state="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI9STAYxA7Q&amp" target="_blank" link-data="{"link_rte.link_text":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI9STAYxA7Q&amp","link_rte.link":{"link.target":"NEW","link.attributes":[],"external_link.url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI9STAYxA7Q&amp","_id":"00000186-25d7-d585-abd6-7ff73ab00000","_type":"ff658216-e70f-39d0-b660-bdfe57a5599a"},"_id":"00000186-25d7-d585-abd6-7ff73ab00001","_type":"809caec9-30e2-3666-8b71-b32ddbffc288"}">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI9STAYxA7Q&amp</a>;quot;,&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;0000017e-92d2-dbb0-ab7e-93d60acf0001&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;035d81d3-5be2-3ed2-bc8a-6da208e0d9e2&quot;}">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI9STAYxA7Q</brightspot-cms-external-content>&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;Via &amp;amp;lt;a href="<a href="http://www.auscyclonechasers.com/" target="_blank" link-data="{"link_rte.link_text":"http://www.auscyclonechasers.com/","link_rte.link":{"link.target":"NEW","link.attributes":[],"external_link.url":"http://www.auscyclonechasers.com/","_id":"00000186-25d7-d585-abd6-7ff73ab00002","_type":"ff658216-e70f-39d0-b660-bdfe57a5599a"},"_id":"00000186-25d7-d585-abd6-7ff73ab00003","_type":"809caec9-30e2-3666-8b71-b32ddbffc288"}">http://www.auscyclonechasers.com/</a>"&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;strong&amp;amp;gt;ozcyclonechasers&amp;amp;lt;/strong&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;It's not all doom and gloom for these guys, who took their GoPro cameras and surfboards out to some long road puddles near Broome.&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt; <brightspot-cms-external-content data-state="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u16QSniQLD8&amp" target="_blank" link-data="{"link_rte.link_text":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u16QSniQLD8&amp","link_rte.link":{"link.target":"NEW","link.attributes":[],"external_link.url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u16QSniQLD8&amp","_id":"00000186-25d7-d585-abd6-7ff73ab10000","_type":"ff658216-e70f-39d0-b660-bdfe57a5599a"},"_id":"00000186-25d7-d585-abd6-7ff73ab10001","_type":"809caec9-30e2-3666-8b71-b32ddbffc288"}">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u16QSniQLD8&amp</a>;quot;,&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;0000017e-92d2-dbb0-ab7e-93d60acf0002&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;035d81d3-5be2-3ed2-bc8a-6da208e0d9e2&quot;}">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u16QSniQLD8</brightspot-cms-external-content> &amp;amp;lt;a href="<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/nathtone?feature=watch" target="_blank" link-data="{"link_rte.link_text":"http://www.youtube.com/user/nathtone?feature=watch","link_rte.link":{"link.target":"NEW","link.attributes":[],"external_link.url":"http://www.youtube.com/user/nathtone?feature=watch","_id":"00000186-25d7-d585-abd6-7ff73ab10002","_type":"ff658216-e70f-39d0-b660-bdfe57a5599a"},"_id":"00000186-25d7-d585-abd6-7ff73ab10003","_type":"809caec9-30e2-3666-8b71-b32ddbffc288"}">http://www.youtube.com/user/nathtone?feature=watch</a>"&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;strong&amp;amp;gt;Nayden Chino&amp;amp;lt;/strong&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;This is a short video showing the conditions in Port Hedland. &amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;<brightspot-cms-external-content data-state="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fykjviNKX4s&amp" target="_blank" link-data="{"link_rte.link_text":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fykjviNKX4s&amp","link_rte.link":{"link.target":"NEW","link.attributes":[],"external_link.url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fykjviNKX4s&amp","_id":"00000186-25d7-d585-abd6-7ff73ab10004","_type":"ff658216-e70f-39d0-b660-bdfe57a5599a"},"_id":"00000186-25d7-d585-abd6-7ff73ab10005","_type":"809caec9-30e2-3666-8b71-b32ddbffc288"}">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fykjviNKX4s&amp</a>;quot;,&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;0000017e-92d2-dbb0-ab7e-93d60acf0003&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;035d81d3-5be2-3ed2-bc8a-6da208e0d9e2&quot;}">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fykjviNKX4s</brightspot-cms-external-content>&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;via &amp;amp;lt;a href="<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/Cantelo16?feature=watch" target="_blank" link-data="{"link_rte.link_text":"http://www.youtube.com/user/Cantelo16?feature=watch","link_rte.link":{"link.target":"NEW","link.attributes":[],"external_link.url":"http://www.youtube.com/user/Cantelo16?feature=watch","_id":"00000186-25d7-d585-abd6-7ff73ab10006","_type":"ff658216-e70f-39d0-b660-bdfe57a5599a"},"_id":"00000186-25d7-d585-abd6-7ff73ab10007","_type":"809caec9-30e2-3666-8b71-b32ddbffc288"}">http://www.youtube.com/user/Cantelo16?feature=watch</a>"&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;strong&amp;amp;gt;Jordan Cantelo&amp;amp;lt;/strong&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;Waves stained red with dessert dust from Cyclone Rusty&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;<brightspot-cms-external-content data-state="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNoMZzQi-Y8&amp" target="_blank" link-data="{"link_rte.link_text":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNoMZzQi-Y8&amp","link_rte.link":{"link.target":"NEW","link.attributes":[],"external_link.url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNoMZzQi-Y8&amp","_id":"00000186-25d7-d585-abd6-7ff73ab10008","_type":"ff658216-e70f-39d0-b660-bdfe57a5599a"},"_id":"00000186-25d7-d585-abd6-7ff73ab10009","_type":"809caec9-30e2-3666-8b71-b32ddbffc288"}">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNoMZzQi-Y8&amp</a>;quot;,&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;0000017e-92d2-dbb0-ab7e-93d60acf0004&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;035d81d3-5be2-3ed2-bc8a-6da208e0d9e2&quot;}">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNoMZzQi-Y8</brightspot-cms-external-content>&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;Via &amp;amp;lt;a href="<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/rcklitzing?feature=watch" target="_blank" link-data="{"link_rte.link_text":"http://www.youtube.com/user/rcklitzing?feature=watch","link_rte.link":{"link.target":"NEW","link.attributes":[],"external_link.url":"http://www.youtube.com/user/rcklitzing?feature=watch","_id":"00000186-25d7-d585-abd6-7ff73ab1000a","_type":"ff658216-e70f-39d0-b660-bdfe57a5599a"},"_id":"00000186-25d7-d585-abd6-7ff73ab1000b","_type":"809caec9-30e2-3666-8b71-b32ddbffc288"}">http://www.youtube.com/user/rcklitzing?feature=watch</a>"&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;strong&amp;amp;gt;Robbie Klitzing&amp;amp;lt;/strong&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt; WA residents prepare for Tropical Cyclone Rusty&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;<brightspot-cms-external-content data-state="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc9mcx_cBe8&amp" target="_blank" link-data="{"link_rte.link_text":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc9mcx_cBe8&amp","link_rte.link":{"link.target":"NEW","link.attributes":[],"external_link.url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc9mcx_cBe8&amp","_id":"00000186-25d7-d585-abd6-7ff73ab1000c","_type":"ff658216-e70f-39d0-b660-bdfe57a5599a"},"_id":"00000186-25d7-d585-abd6-7ff73ab1000d","_type":"809caec9-30e2-3666-8b71-b32ddbffc288"}">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc9mcx_cBe8&amp</a>;quot;,&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;0000017e-92d2-dbb0-ab7e-93d60acf0005&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;035d81d3-5be2-3ed2-bc8a-6da208e0d9e2&quot;}">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc9mcx_cBe8</brightspot-cms-external-content>&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;Via &amp;amp;lt;a dir="ltr" data-sessionlink="ei=8XYtUf7zBsa8kQXH74GgCg&amp;amp;amp;amp;feature=watch" class="yt-uix-sessionlink yt-user-name " href="<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/SaymonMovie?feature=watch" target="_blank" link-data="{"link_rte.link_text":"http://www.youtube.com/user/SaymonMovie?feature=watch","link_rte.link":{"link.target":"NEW","link.attributes":[],"external_link.url":"http://www.youtube.com/user/SaymonMovie?feature=watch","_id":"00000186-25d7-d585-abd6-7ff73ab20000","_type":"ff658216-e70f-39d0-b660-bdfe57a5599a"},"_id":"00000186-25d7-d585-abd6-7ff73ab20001","_type":"809caec9-30e2-3666-8b71-b32ddbffc288"}">http://www.youtube.com/user/SaymonMovie?feature=watch</a>"&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;strong&amp;amp;gt;SaymonMovie&amp;amp;lt;/strong&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;lt;a data-via="andy_park" class="twitter-share-button" href="https://twitter.com/share"&amp;amp;gt;Tweet&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt;</span>

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Published 27 February 2013 4:25pm

Updated 26 August 2013 10:48am

By Andy Park

Source: SBS

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Cyclone Rusty captured on YouTube

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