WA: Pilbara prepares for cyclone and flooding

AAP General News (Australia)
02-27-2009
WA: Pilbara prepares for cyclone and flooding

PERTH, Feb 27 AAP - A tropical low off the West Australian coast is expected to develop
into a cyclone and dump more rain in the region after recent flooding.

Bureau of Meteorology duty forecaster Paul Vivers said the low was expected to develop
into a tropical cyclone on the weekend.

"It's sitting off Karratha and it's expected to develop into a cyclone over the course
of the weekend, probably on Saturday or early Sunday," Mr Vivers said.

"It's forecast to be a category two but it depends how quickly it develops - it could
be a category …