A CATEGORY two tropical cyclone off WA's Kimberley coast is expected to bring destructive winds of more than 165km/h when it hits the Pilbara.
Tropical Cyclone Christine was off Broome early this morning and was forecast to bring heavy rainfall and gales of up to 100km/h south of Cape Leveque. It is expected to intensify further as it moves towards the Pilbara coast.
Tomorrow, the cyclone is forecast to peak as a category three, bringing gales and heavy rainfall to Karratha and possibly as far west as Exmouth.
Coastal communities between De Grey and Mardie, including Port Hedland and Karratha, have been warned of the potential for a dangerous storm tide late on Monday or early on Tuesday.
The Port Hedland Port Authority has evacuated ships from the inner and outer harbours.
The Bureau of Meteorology late last week issued a cyclone warning for coastal areas from Cape Leveque to Whim Creek, including Broome and Port Hedland.
Regions in northern WA are on high alert with a tropical cyclone threatening to make severe impact.
Christine, now a Catergory 2 storm, was 300km northwest of Broome and 470km north northeast of Port Headland early this morning.
"Gales with gusts to 100 kilometres per hour are possible on the west Kimberley
coast south of Cape Leveque today. Heavy rainfall is expected today in coastal
areas of the west Kimberley and adjacent inland parts," the bureau warned.
"As the tropical cyclone begins to approach the Pilbara coast, gales are
expected to extend further west along the Pilbara coast to Whim Creek late
today or early on Monday.
"During Monday gales and heavy rainfall are expected to extend to Karratha and
possibly as far west as Exmouth, and then to the inland Pilbara late Monday and
on Tuesday. If Christine continues to develop as expected a severe tropical
cyclone impact on the Pilbara coast is likely late on Monday.
The Department of Fire and Emergency Services has issued a blue alert for people in or near the coastal and inland communities of Dampier Peninsula to Onslow.
This includes people in Broome, Port Hedland, South Hedland, Whim Creek, Roebourne, Point Samson, Wickham, Karratha and Dampier and surrounding areas.
DFES has advised that 30 SES and VES volunteers from the Kimberley and Pilbara are on standby and the Gibb River Road is closed from Lennard River to Wyndham.
Flood warning
The storm has also prompted a flood warning and people in Kimberley and Pilbara communities are being urged to prepare for heavy rainfall.
The Bureau of Meteorology advises that a flood watch for the west Kimberley has been issued and heavy rainfall is possible about the north and west Kimberley over the weekend.
For the next 24 hours, widespread rainfall of 70mm to 80mm with isolated heavier falls are forecast for areas from Broome to Kalumburu.
Rainfall during the past few days and the forecast rainfall for next 24 hours in the West Kimberley may cause significant stream rises with areas of flooding.
The rain is likely to extend into the Pilbara on Monday and Tuesday.
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