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West Australian emergency services have issued a red alert for Tropical Cyclone Joyce, as it intensifies off the West Kimberley coast near Broome. The category one storm has sustained wind gusts of up to 120km per hour. A warning zone has been declared for Cape Leveque to Port Hedland.

西澳大利亚应急服务机构发布热带气旋“乔伊斯”红色预警，该气旋在布鲁姆镇附近的韦斯特·金伯莉海岸加强。一级风暴“乔伊斯”的持续风速达到每小时120公里。勒韦克角到黑德兰港被宣布为警戒区。

Rescue teams are still searching for survivors of a deadly mudslide in Southern California. Seventeen people are known to have died, seventeen more are missing, after a wall of mud smashed through the town of Montecito. More than 100 homes were destroyed, and another 300 have been damaged.

救援团队仍在搜寻南加州致命泥石流的幸存者。一堵泥墙冲垮了加州蒙特西托镇，造成17人死亡，17人失踪。泥石流导致100余座房屋被毁，另有300余座房屋受损。

China has lodged a formal diplomatic complaint after a federal minister rubbished its pacific aid program. The senator's accused China of funding useless infrastructure projects in the region. Beijing has called the comments irresponsible and false.

澳大利亚一名联邦部长对中国的太平洋援助项目进行指责，中方就此提出正式外交抗议。那名澳大利亚参议员指责中国在太平洋地区建设“毫无用处”的基础设施项目。中方称澳方有关官员的表态不负责任，罔顾事实。

And, Australia's top ranked female tennis player Ashleigh Barty has continued her impressive build up to next week's Australian Open. The 21 year old has cruised into the semis of the Sydney International, where she's chasing a second WTA singles title.

澳大利亚女子网球头号选手阿什格雷·巴蒂继续以强势表现迎接下周开始的澳大利亚网球公开赛。现年21岁的巴蒂挺进悉尼国际网球赛半决赛，她在这一赛事的目标是夺得个人第二座WTA单打冠军。

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