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Anyone on an island between Coral Bay and Geraldton, including the Abrolhos Islands, must evacuate by midday
Acting DFES commissioner Craig Waters warned holiday-makers as tropical cyclones Odette and Seroja bear down. Photograph: Richard Wainwright/AAP
Acting DFES commissioner Craig Waters warned holiday-makers as tropical cyclones Odette and Seroja bear down. Photograph: Richard Wainwright/AAP
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Fri 9 Apr 2021 20.43 EDT
People on islands or at sea off parts of Western Australia’s north-west coast have been ordered to evacuate, as two tropical cyclones bear down.
Emergency services late on Friday told residents in the Exmouth Gulf coast and parts of the Gascoyne coast to prepare for severe weather expected to arrive on Saturday afternoon and evening.
Tropical cyclone Seroja is expected to make landfall near Carnarvon on Sunday
A separate tropical low could develop cyclone intensity and combine with Seroja
The cyclones will dance as part of the Fujiwhara Effect, meteorologists said
A third tropical low is also developing near the Cocos Islands, north-west of WA
Evacuation orders were issued for much of the WA coast on Saturday morning
Tropical Cyclone Seroja strengthens off WA coast as communities prepare for landfall
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AprApril 2021 at 5:33am
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Communities in Western Australia s Mid-West and northern coastlines are on alert amid two cyclones off the coast, with Tropical Cyclone Seroja strengthening overnight.
Key points:
The storm is expected to make landfall late Sunday or early Monday morning
A second cyclone off the Pilbara coast is expected to weaken on Saturday
Cyclone Seroja is 730 kilometres north-west of Carnarvon and is expected to intensify to the south-east before making landfall on Sunday night between Carnarvon and Jurien Bay.