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She's coming: Pastoralists prepare for powerful Tropical Cyclone Ilsa
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She's coming: Pastoralists prepare for powerful Tropical Cyclone Ilsa
Port Hedland mayor Peter Carter warns loose objects have the potential to become ‘missiles in the air’ during ‘unpredictable’ cyclones
Tropical Cyclone Ilsa continues to intensify on Thursday morning, with a wind gust of 235 km/h recorded at 7am Rowley Shoals, a trio of tiny coral atolls located 300 km west of Broome. This is the strongest wind gust recorded anywhere in Australia since TC Debbie in 2017 Ilsa is now a Category 4 cyclone with sustained winds near the centre of 165 km/h. Winds are expected to keep strengthening throughout Thursday and into Friday. This is now an extremely hazardous weather event. In its latest bulletin, the BoM warns that: Heavy rainfall and squally thunderstorms are expected over the western K...
Pilbara towns have been evacuated and shops emptied as Cyclone Ilsa, now expected to become a category-five storm, bears down WA.
Cyclone Ilsa will bring with it damaging wind and heavy rainfall - with WA residents living in between Bidyadanga and De Grey ordered to seek shelter or evacuate their homes now.