General
Cyclone Lucas warning: Tourists urged to leave north-west and residents to prepare for category two system
Residents in Western Australia’s north-west have been urged to prepare for heavy rain and destructive winds from Friday, as the state’s first cyclone of the season approaches.
Key points:
- The system is expected to intensify into a tropical cyclone
- It is currently predicted to cross the coast early Saturday
- Residents are being asked to prepare, visitors to leave
The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) is predicting a tropical low, currently tracking parallel to the Kimberley coast, will intensify into a cyclone late Thursday or early Friday before heading for the east Pilbara coast.
“There is more than normal uncertainty around this system but we are forecasting it to move southwards from Friday and it has the potential to intensify as it approaches…
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