Cyclone Ilsa strong enough to ‘pick up a caravan’ when it makes landfall in WA on Thursday

Tropical cyclone set to strengthen to category 4, bringing gusts of 250km/h when it makes landfall between Broome and Port Hedland

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A tropical cyclone is expected to make landfall in Western Australia on Thursday, bringing winds strong enough to damage roofing, knock over trees and caravans and cause widespread power outages, the Bureau of Meteorology has warned.

Category 3 tropical Cyclone Ilsa is about 370km north-west of Broome, but is expected to strengthen to a category 4 by the time it makes landfall between Broome and Port Hedland on Thursday, making it the first storm of such magnitude to strike the region in more than a decade.

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