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By A Correspondent | Hundreds of Zimbabweans were caught up in the violent Cyclone Damien which has hit Western Australia since Thursday.

Horrific videos show trees being uprooted and shack houses blown away. But it appears Australian emergency services alerted their citizens in good time.

ZimEye last night carried out a program checking in on the welfare of Zimbabweans.

How early were people made aware of the alert?

Myself I am a teacher; we were told as early as Thursday… so the whole of Friday we did not have school, one Zimbabwean caller told ZimEye. WATCH BELOW: