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Australia - Tropical cyclone NARELLE, update (ECHO 25 Mar 2026)
Pubdate: 3/24/2026 9:37:22 AM

Tropical Cyclone NARELLE continued moving southwest across north-eastern Western Australia, now tracking offshore of the western Kimberley coast. At 06.00?UTC on 24?March its centre was situated about 110?km north of the Kimberley town of Kununurra, with maximum sustained winds of 65?km/h, tropical storm.
Between 21?and?23?March, NARELLE affected parts of the Northern Territory, producing flooded homes, disrupting infrastructure and prompting the evacuation of roughly 500?people.
The system is forecast to keep moving west-southwest, roughly parallel to the Pilbara coastline, on 25–26?March and is expected to intensify to a severe (Category?3) cyclone on 25?March. By the following day Narelle should turn to the south-southeast, heading toward the western coast of Western Australia, with impacts expected as far south as the Lower West region on 28–29?March.
For the next three days heavy rainfall, strong winds and storm surges are forecast over northern and central Western Australia. The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) continues to maintain the cyclone warning zone over northern Western Australia.

(3/24/2026 9:42:06 AM - 3/25/2026 9:30:06 AM)

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