<P> During the Second World War, a US army base was established outside the city; it hosted up to 70,000 servicemen en route to action in the Pacific and New Guinea . </P> <P> On 2 March 1949, Rockhampton was severely damaged by a cyclone . </P> <P> The Fitzroy River Barrage was commissioned in 1971 . The barrage has a capacity of 81,300 megalitres and holds back a lake 60 kilometres (37 mi) long . The barrage was funded by the City Council to provide a reliable source of water to the city, and to effectively drought proof Rockhampton . </P> <P> In 2003, Rockhampton was the centre of significant national media interest after local teenager Natasha Ryan was found in her boyfriend, Scott Black's North Rockhampton home after being missing for five years . Ryan had been presumed to be murdered . </P>

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