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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Rafqa Touma and Jordyn Beazley

Cyclone Ilsa strong enough to ‘pick up a caravan’ when it makes landfall in WA on Thursday

Port Hedland
Tropical Cyclone Ilsa is set to make landfall north of Port Hedland in Western Australia on Thursday, strengthening to a category 4. Photograph: Aaron Bunch/AAP

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.

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