Cyclone Veronica path tracker: Where is Cyclone Veronica NOW?
CYCLONE Veronica is tracking toward the Pilbara Coast, the North West Coast of Western Australia - but where is Cyclone Veronica now? When will it make landfall?
Cyclone Veronica: 'DANGEROUS' cyclone set to hit Australia
A police spokesman warned: “This severe tropical cyclone has the ability to impact lives and homes, and all warnings must be acted on.
“People should prepare themselves to lose power, water and gas. Without power, people should make sure they have a battery radio that can reach ABC.”
Across the Pilbara Coast, supermarket shelves are empty as residents rushed to stock up ahead of the impending cyclone.
Locals have stocked up on non-perishable food and bottled water, as Cyclone Veronica tracks closer to land.
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Where is Cyclone Veronica now?
As of the Bureau of Meteorology’s (BOM) latest update at 10.58pm local time (1.58pm GMT), Cyclone Veronica was located 185 kilometres north of Mornington Is and 305 kilometres east northeast of Borroloola.
According to BOM’s latest update, Cyclone Veronica was registering as a category three cyclone, with sustained winds of 93mph (150km/h) and gusts reaching more than 127mph (205km/h.)
Whilst Cyclone Veronica’s organisation has weakened slightly, however, BOM reports that “it has retained a distinct though ragged eye.”
“Microwave imagery suggests the underlying structure remains well organised.”
A BOM spokesman said: “Tropical Cyclone Veronica remains category four and is currently 350km north of Port Hedland.
“It’s travelling at five to 10 kilometres per hour toward the coast and it’s expected to make landfall overnight Saturday or Sunday morning.”
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The cyclone is most likely to reach land at Karratha and Port Hedland, which is land of almost 200km.
Damaging winds, heavy rainfall, dangerous storm surges and major flooding are all predicted.
One resident, Brandon Vermuellen, told Australian News service 9News: “A few days ago we started to see all the shelves empty and the weather forecast and we started to get a bit nervous.
“We've got some non-perishable food, heaps of water and some beers to get us through.”