Gale force winds ripped the top from an enormous Red Box Eucalypt tree, the Cockatoos must have been sheltering in the tree and came down with it, and after being thoroughly drenched by 4 1/2" of rain they were in a state of shock, about 8 were killed and some wounded, we rescued another trapped bird 5 days later as we cleared the rubbish, last seen walking off down the paddock. Some were still sitting there the next day. There is one Corella in there, 2nd from the left, back row. The wind and rain had moved on in less than an hour, and we're still clearing fallen trees from the paddocks. Our house was completely surrounded by running water.