The WA city of Geraldton recorded its hottest temperature on record - 49.5 degrees - just after 2pm (AWST) yesterday as Severe Tropical Cyclone Sean continues off the state's east coast.
It could be reclassified as a cyclone by Monday morning, according to French weather service Meteo-France. Authorities called for "extreme vigilance" following the devastation wrought by Cyclone ...
"Extreme rainfall. Record breaking, in fact in Karratha 260-plus millimetres and counting as the tropical cyclone sits just out to sea from the north-east corner (of Australia)," Mr Sharpe said.