Cyclone Debbie: Storm likely to add to Great Barrier Reef's woes, scientist says

By Peter Hannam
Updated March 29 2017 - 12:58pm, first published 12:40pm
The Great Barrier Reef 2016. Divers on the outer Great Barrier Reef off the off Port Douglas. 5th November 2016. Photo by Jason South. Photo: Jason South
The Great Barrier Reef 2016. Divers on the outer Great Barrier Reef off the off Port Douglas. 5th November 2016. Photo by Jason South. Photo: Jason South

Cyclone Debbie appears to have added another blow to the Great Barrier Reef, hammering a region that had escaped the worst of the coral bleaching over the past 15 months, a senior researcher says.

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