Cyclone Seroja ‘threat to lives and homes’ as WA communities told to shelter

Red alert called for 800km stretch of coast south of Carnarvon to Lancelin, as premier describes storm as like nothing we have seen before in decades'

Residents in Western Australia's mid west have been told to take shelter during what their premier has described as a cyclone like nothing we have seen before in decades".

Tropical Cyclone Seroja was expected to make landfall on the WA coast by 4pm local time, bringing with it winds of up to 150km/h.

There was a red alert" calling for an 800km stretch of coastline south of Carnarvon to Lancelin.