Cycloon Billy op weg naar de kust van Kimberley
Storm en wind
Cycloon Billy op weg naar de kust van Kimberley
Category 2 cyclone heading for Kimberley coast
Tropical Cyclone Billy has been upgraded to a category 2 system, and is expected to intensify as it heads towards the north Australian coastline tonight. During the afternoon, the cyclone gained strength as it moved slowly over water in the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf.
The system is sitting just north of Wyndham in Western Australia, and is whipping up winds of 125 kph. Communities from Wadeye in the Northern Territory to Mitchell Plateau in Western Australia are on cyclone warning, while communities further west are now on cyclone watch.
The monsoonal weather has dumped heavy rain across parts of the Top End and the Kimberley, and there is no let up in sight for the next few days. If the cyclone maintains its current path, it should make landfall early tomorrow morning, where it will lose steam. But the bureau says it could cross the coast again north of Broome within days and develop into a cyclone again.
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Tropical Cyclone Billy has been upgraded to a category 2 system, and is expected to intensify as it heads towards the north Australian coastline tonight. During the afternoon, the cyclone gained strength as it moved slowly over water in the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf.
The system is sitting just north of Wyndham in Western Australia, and is whipping up winds of 125 kph. Communities from Wadeye in the Northern Territory to Mitchell Plateau in Western Australia are on cyclone warning, while communities further west are now on cyclone watch.
The monsoonal weather has dumped heavy rain across parts of the Top End and the Kimberley, and there is no let up in sight for the next few days. If the cyclone maintains its current path, it should make landfall early tomorrow morning, where it will lose steam. But the bureau says it could cross the coast again north of Broome within days and develop into a cyclone again.
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Cyclone Billy hits Kimberley coast
Packing destructive winds of up 130km/h, Cyclone Billy has made landfall on Western Australia's Kimberley coast. The core of the category two cyclone crossed the coast north of Wyndham in the Kimberley region.
Billy was located 65km north-northwest of Wyndham and 180km west-southwest of Port Keats in the Northern Territory at about 6.30am local time (8.30am AEDT), moving at 7km/h. Residents of Wyndham, Oombulgurri and Kalumburu are on high alert and have been warned to take shelter but there have been no reports of damage.
Alerts are also current for Kununurra and the Mitchell Plateau, with State Emergency Services (SES) standing by in case of minor flooding. The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) said winds with gusts of up to 130km/h were being experienced within 25 kilometres of the core, and gales with gusts of up to 100km/h were battering other parts of the coast.
The cyclone is expected to weaken into a tropical low by tonight as it crosses the north Kimberley region, but may redevelop into a tropical cyclone late in the weekend, the bureau said. Abnormally high tides could cause minor flooding at the coast between Kalumburu and Port Keats today.
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Packing destructive winds of up 130km/h, Cyclone Billy has made landfall on Western Australia's Kimberley coast. The core of the category two cyclone crossed the coast north of Wyndham in the Kimberley region.
Billy was located 65km north-northwest of Wyndham and 180km west-southwest of Port Keats in the Northern Territory at about 6.30am local time (8.30am AEDT), moving at 7km/h. Residents of Wyndham, Oombulgurri and Kalumburu are on high alert and have been warned to take shelter but there have been no reports of damage.
Alerts are also current for Kununurra and the Mitchell Plateau, with State Emergency Services (SES) standing by in case of minor flooding. The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) said winds with gusts of up to 130km/h were being experienced within 25 kilometres of the core, and gales with gusts of up to 100km/h were battering other parts of the coast.
The cyclone is expected to weaken into a tropical low by tonight as it crosses the north Kimberley region, but may redevelop into a tropical cyclone late in the weekend, the bureau said. Abnormally high tides could cause minor flooding at the coast between Kalumburu and Port Keats today.
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Cycloon Billy bij westen Australië
Over de Indische Oceaan razen nu twee cyclonen, Billy en Cinda. Billy is op dit moment het grootste gevaar. Deze vervolgd een koers over het noordwesten van Australië.
Op dit moment heeft Billy windsnelheden van 56 km/h en windstoten van 74 km/h. Er wordt verwacht dat deze windsnelheden alleen nog maar toe gaan nemen. Cinda heeft momenteel windsnelheden van 46 km/h en windstoten van 65 km/h en er wordt verwacht dat deze gaan afnemen.
Billy vervolgd zijn koers in westelijke richting over het noordwesten van Australië en verlaat na het weekend het land weer om dan weer de zee op te gaan. Op dit moment is Billy afgezwakt tot een tropische storm en is nu geen cycloon meer(pas bij een windsnelheid van 110 km/h of meer wordt een tropische storm een cycloon). Op dit moment zorgt Billy wel voor hevige regenval en windstoten aan de noordwestelijke kust van Australië. Volgens de verwachtingen groeit Billy maandag of dinsdag weer uit tot een cycloon met windsnelheden van meer dan 110 km/h. Er wordt niet verwacht dat Cinda aan land gaat.
Bron:Weeronline.nl
Over de Indische Oceaan razen nu twee cyclonen, Billy en Cinda. Billy is op dit moment het grootste gevaar. Deze vervolgd een koers over het noordwesten van Australië.
Op dit moment heeft Billy windsnelheden van 56 km/h en windstoten van 74 km/h. Er wordt verwacht dat deze windsnelheden alleen nog maar toe gaan nemen. Cinda heeft momenteel windsnelheden van 46 km/h en windstoten van 65 km/h en er wordt verwacht dat deze gaan afnemen.
Billy vervolgd zijn koers in westelijke richting over het noordwesten van Australië en verlaat na het weekend het land weer om dan weer de zee op te gaan. Op dit moment is Billy afgezwakt tot een tropische storm en is nu geen cycloon meer(pas bij een windsnelheid van 110 km/h of meer wordt een tropische storm een cycloon). Op dit moment zorgt Billy wel voor hevige regenval en windstoten aan de noordwestelijke kust van Australië. Volgens de verwachtingen groeit Billy maandag of dinsdag weer uit tot een cycloon met windsnelheden van meer dan 110 km/h. Er wordt niet verwacht dat Cinda aan land gaat.
Bron:Weeronline.nl
Kimberley coast pounded by cyclone Billy
The Dampier Peninsula, north of Broome, is being pounded by torrential rain and wind gusts up to 100 kilometres an hour as Cyclone Billy moves along the coast. Communities in the Kimberley between Cockatoo Island and Beagle Bay remain on yellow alert, while those between Broome and Wallal are on blue alert.
The category one storm is currently over the coast, half way between Broome and Beagle Bay. Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Joe Courtney says conditions are unlikely to improve until tomorrow. We're expecting that Billy will pass out to the west of Broome this morning and head out to sea a bit further where he's expected to intensify, he said.
So there's likely to be a lot of heavy rainfall in the west kimberley today. There's the possibility of local flooding. People across the Dampier Peninsula spent yesterday stocking up on food, water and alcohol in preparation for the Cyclone's arrival.
©abc | Gewijzigd: 30 januari 2017, 09:52 uur, door Joyce.s
The Dampier Peninsula, north of Broome, is being pounded by torrential rain and wind gusts up to 100 kilometres an hour as Cyclone Billy moves along the coast. Communities in the Kimberley between Cockatoo Island and Beagle Bay remain on yellow alert, while those between Broome and Wallal are on blue alert.
The category one storm is currently over the coast, half way between Broome and Beagle Bay. Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Joe Courtney says conditions are unlikely to improve until tomorrow. We're expecting that Billy will pass out to the west of Broome this morning and head out to sea a bit further where he's expected to intensify, he said.
So there's likely to be a lot of heavy rainfall in the west kimberley today. There's the possibility of local flooding. People across the Dampier Peninsula spent yesterday stocking up on food, water and alcohol in preparation for the Cyclone's arrival.
©abc | Gewijzigd: 30 januari 2017, 09:52 uur, door Joyce.s
