Residents in Northern Australia are on high alert with two severe tropical cyclones expected to make landfall this weekend.
Tropical Cyclone Trevor has prompted mass evacuations, with residents sheltering in Darwin and Katherine from the storm, which is pushing gale-force winds, rain and tidal surges 300 kilometres out
from its core, late on Friday. People in Western Australia's north have been warned to prepare for Tropical Cyclone Veronica as the system moves towards the Pilbara region. Image: News Corp Australia
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