Severe Tropical Cyclone Ilsa has intensified into a category five system, with wind gusts of up to 315 kilometres per hour expected to lash the coast when it makes landfall tonight.
Ilsa was 290 kilometres north of Port Hedland at 9:00am this morning, moving south-southwest at 15 kph, with sustained winds near its centre of 165 kph and wind gusts to 230 kph.
It is now expected to cross the coast as a category five system.
