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Rain or Shine...

Monday 22 March 1999 00:02 GMT
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OIL PRODUCTION off Australia's west coast ground to a halt yesterday as thousands of oil workers were evacuated amid warnings that a cyclone was set to devastate the region's offshore islands and oil rigs.

Emergency services in Western Australia said that they were "playing a wait and see game" with a deep depression gaining strength and accelerating its 150mph winds just off the continent's coast.

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