RUSTY Upgraded to a Cat 4 Cyclone

Powerful Cyclone RUSTY Could Cause Severe Flooding in Australia’s NW Coast

Severe Tropical Cyclone RUSTY Forecast Track Map. Source: Australia BOM (Note: WST = UTC + 8hrs)

• Cyclone RUSTY  intensified to a Cat 4 storm early Wednesday, Australia’s BOM reported.
• At 3:00am UTC (11am WST) February 27, 2013  RUSTY was located at 19.5S, 19.4E.
• The cyclone was quasi-stationery for about 6 hours, hovering some 100km off the coast, BOM reported.
• The storm could make landfall east of Port Hedland, about 1,300km north of Perth, Wednesday PM local time.
• High winds have already been reported in Australia’s north-west coast.
• Up to 600mm of rain (~24in) has been being forecast over a 24-hour period.
• People in low-lying areas have been evacuated.
• RUSTY could dump the equivalent of Perth’s entire winter rainfall  over the next 3 days, BOM has warned.

Related Links

• Back-to-back Australian Disasters [index page for Australian disasters 2010 – 2013]

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