She's far from alone "Category five cyclones have wind gusts exceeding 280km/h, we could expect to see wind speeds of this magnitude at the core," WA Bureau of Meteorology manager James Ashley said.

Western Australian residents are being warned a category 5 system off the the Pilbara coast could cause “significant threat to lives and property” in the next 24 hours.

A tropical cyclone is forming off WA, with residents in the State ... to strengthen to a tropical cyclone on Wednesday. The Bureau of Meteorology advised the watch zone includes areas from ...