Homes destroyed as ex-Tropical Cyclone Seroja wreaks havoc along WA s mid north coast
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Ella Curic had just finished dinner when the neighbour s roof came through her window as Cyclone Serjoa hit Kalbarri.
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Kalbarri and Northampton bore the brunt of ex-Tropical Cyclone Seroja last night as it slammed into WA s mid-west coast, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake.
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It is now moving south-east between Merriden and Southern Cross
The trail of destruction included the One Mile Jetty in Carnarvon
Homes have been destroyed and 26,000 residents have been left without power after the cyclone made landfall as a category three storm about 8pm, bringing wind gusts of up to 170 kilometres per hour.
Tropical Cyclone Seroja has been downgraded to a tropical low after smashing into the West Australian coast with most of the damage concentrated in Kalbarri.
The clean-up is beginning in the wake of ex-Cyclone Seroja, with homes damaged and destroyed as the storm made landfall overnight in Western Australia.
A severe weather warning previously in place in the state s south-east has now been cancelled as the storm drifts off the coast, with Seroja downgraded to a tropical low this morning.
Winds of up to 170km/h were recorded at Karlbarri, north of Geraldton on the WA coast, overnight after the cyclone hit just after 7pm (AWST).
Ex-cyclone Seroja dealt out heavy damage when made landfall in WA overnight.(9News)
A roof lies on the road in Kalbarri.(Darius Winterfield/9News)