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ABC News
ABC News
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weather reporter Tyne Logan

Potential category four cyclone Ilsa brews off WA as BOM warns of gale-force winds, heavy rain

The system is currently over waters to WA's north, expected to track westward before veering south. (Supplied: BOM)

Residents and holiday-makers in Western Australia's north have been put on alert as a potential severe tropical cyclone brews off the coast.

The tropical low is currently over waters north of the Kimberley, about 475 kilometres north of Broome as of early Tuesday morning.

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