Third time unlucky: cyclone to make landfall again

After bringing heavy rain and flooding across the north, Cyclone Narelle is set to hit the WA coast. (Brian Cassey/AAP PHOTOS)

A tropical cyclone that left a trail of damage across northern Australia before heading out to sea has come back to life and is forecast to slam into towns on the nation's west coast.

Narelle has reformed into a category two system in Western Australia's northwest and is sitting about 330km northeast of Port Hedland.