A tropical cyclone is expected to make landfall in Western Australia on Thursday, bringing winds strong enough to damage roofing, knock over trees and caravans and cause widespread power outages, the Bureau of Meteorology has warned.
Category 3 tropical Cyclone Ilsa was about 340km north-west of Broome on Wednesday evening, and was expected to strengthen to a category 4 by the time it made landfall between Broome and Port Hedland on Thursday. That would make it the first storm of such magnitude to strike the region in more than a decade.