Tropical Cyclone Narelle intensifies off WA as it continues rare path across Australia

<p>Storm is not likely to make a direct hit on Perth, though the city may experience heavy rainfall on Friday and Saturday</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/mar/25/politics-federal-queensland-nsw-parliament-tony-burke-jim-chalmers-middle-east-fuel-crisis-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>Tropical Cyclone Narelle was again intensifying into a severe storm off Western Australia’s Kimberley coast on Wednesday with communities in the state’s world heritage-listed Shark Bay preparing for a potential direct hit on Friday night.</p><p>Narelle had made <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/23/ex-tropical-cyclone-narelle-northern-territory-perth-western-australia-cross-continent">a rare trip for a cyclone system</a> by forming in the Coral Sea off Queensland and maintaining structure all the way west to the Indian Ocean, where it was expected to build into a major category four system.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/25/tropical-cyclone-narelle-perth-wa-australia">Continue reading...</a>

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