Northwest Western Australia Battens Down as Lincoln Approaches

Published on February 22, 2024

Communities in Western Australia’s northwest are bracing for the arrival of a massive weather system that is expected to slam into the coast as a tropical cyclone. Ex-tropical cyclone Lincoln is expected to gather strength and re-form on Feb. 23 as it tracks southwest along the Pilbara coast, according to the Bureau of Meteorology. The bureau predicts it will cross the coast as a category 2 system near Coral Bay on Feb. 24. “As it makes landfall that’s when we will see the most intense impacts,” Meteorologist Miriam Bradbury said on Feb. 22. “Destructive wind gusts up to 140km/h are possible and very heavy rainfall that could lead to flash flooding.”...

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