UPDATE: Cyclone Ilsa has been upgraded to a category 5 storm and is expected to cross the coast between Port Hedland and Wallal Downs around midnight or in the early hours of Friday morning. 9News
For the area south of Broome to Port Hedland, wind gusts of up to 90km/h are forecast and will move towards Whim Creek.Heavy rainfall from the western Kimberley to the eastern Pilbara will bring 150 to 300mm of rain when Isla hits.
Roadhouses along the Great Northern Highway are shutting up shop, including in Pardoo, which was hit by Cyclone Rusty 10 years ago.READ MORE: A State Emergency Service taskforce manned the ground with another small army of 10 volunteers arriving from Perth and packing sandbags.
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