Tropical Cyclone Seroja strengthens off WA coast as communities prepare for landfall

Communities in Western Australia’s Mid-West and northern coastlines are on alert amid two cyclones off the coast, with Tropical Cyclone Seroja strengthening overnight.

Cyclone Seroja is 730 kilometres north-west of Carnarvon and is expected to intensify to the south-east before making landfall late Sunday or early Monday between Carnarvon and Jurien Bay.

Currently a category two system, Cyclone Seroja is expected to intensify to a category three system later today.

A second system, ex-Tropical Cyclone Odette, is…