The Big Picture: Storm front

A wave washes over a flipped over car near the Currumbin Surf Club building

A wave washes over a flipped over car near Currumbin Surf Club, Gold Coast beach, Queensland, Australia.

Tens of thousands of homes were without power and hundreds of schools closed as a storm front hit Australia's northeast coast, with gale-force winds exceeding 100 kilometres (62 miles) an hour and torrential rains.

Photo: Eddie Safarik/AFP/Getty Images


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