The Bureau of Meteorology and emergency services say preparations remain urgent, with an 'average' season meaning five cyclones are likely to cross the coast.
An SES worker clears debris from the wreckage of Pardoo Roadhouse after the passage of Tropical Cyclone Ilsa in 2023.The Bureau of Meterology is expecting tropical cyclone numbers to be close to average for the 2024/25 season.The Bureau has also warned that warmer ocean temperatures make the likelihood of severe tropical cyclone s higher than average.Share article
It says warmer-than-average ocean temperatures also make the likelihood of severe tropical cyclones higher than average. "During an average year, that we're expecting this year, we usually see about five cyclones off the north-west shelf," Mr Smith said. Flooding after Tropical Cyclone Jasper left Queensland communities like Wujal Wujal severely damaged.This cyclone season will be the first with WA's revamped cyclone warning system, bringing it in line with the rest of the country.
DFES Kimberley Acting Superintendent Matt Wakeling says residents need to be familiar with the new cyclone warning system."Our volunteers and our staff will start their tour soon, we're going out to the remote communities, getting around the towns around the Kimberley and the Pilbara, making sure that they're prepared," he said.
"It probably goes back to Cyclone Rosita in April 2000 since we've had a severe cyclone impact in this part of the world, but they do impact this far north and it could be this year."in the Gascoyne region as a tropical low in February, bringing strong winds and heavy rain.Mr Smith said over the past 50 years there has been a steady decline in the overall number of cyclones forming in Australia, but a higher proportion reach severe intensity.
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