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Weather by Erin Lyons, Heath Parkes-Hupton 12th Apr 2021 5:26 AM Western Australia Premier Mark McGowan says the tropical cyclone bearing down on the state s coastline is the fiercest of its kind seen in decades . Fast-moving Cyclone Seroja was upgraded to a category three and recorded winds of 170/km on Sunday evening, as emergency services warned residents from Carnarvon to Lancelin of impending danger. Seroja was maintaining its intensity as it approached the coast, but was downgraded to category 2 at 11pm with sustained winds near the centre of 100 kilometres per hour with wind gusts to 140 kilometres per hour. The core of tropical cyclone Seroja is moving inland southeast of Geraldton. Wind gusts to 170 km/h were reported near Kalbarri during landfall, but the cyclone has now weakened slightly.
Tropical cyclone Seroja has hit the coast of Western Australia, leaving a trail of damage.
The remnants of Seroja will continue to weaken during the morning but is still likely to result in damaging wind gusts, and heavy rain close to the track. A Severe Weather Warning is current at https://t.co/QF3c8gn6tD#CycloneSerojahttps://t.co/B1MVXBYXhhpic.twitter.com/uJToRu9eBK Bureau of Meteorology, Western Australia (@BOM WA) April 11, 2021
The category three storm made landfall near the town of Kalbarri on Sunday night, with gusts of up to 170km/h reported.
It later weakened to a category two system, but the Bureau of Meteorology warned of continuing damaging wind gusts, and heavy rain .
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