Tourism vendors with half-a-million dollars in flood damage call for support
By Tilda Colling
After multiple major weather events, tourism vendors are looking at clean-up costs in the hundreds of thousands, with some businesses lost entirely. The industry is calling for governments to step in and help.
#Floods #TravelandTourism #TourismandLeisureIndustry #DisasterReconstruction #Insurance #SmallBusinesses #ExtremeWeatherEvents #Cyclones #DisasterRelief #StateandTerritoryGovernment #TildaColling
Drivers winched to safety after ignoring road closures in WA's flooded Gascoyne
By Andrea Mayes, Anthony Pancia, and Andrew Chounding
Authorities say motorists are repeatedly ignoring warnings not to drive in floodwaters in WA's north in the wake of Cyclone Narelle, with 20 people having to be rescued.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-30/ex-tropical-cyclone-narelle-update-gascoyne-growers/106508610
#Floods #Cyclones #Weather #ExtremeWeatherEvents #ClimateChange #Storms #AndreaMayes #AnthonyPancia # #AndrewChounding
Apocalyptic scenes from Australia ahead of cyclone make worldwide news
By Tyne Logan
Cyclone Narelle turned the sky over parts of Western Australia's north into an ominous red, sparking headlines across the globe.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-30/red-sky-in-wa-ahead-of-cyclone-narelle/106511080
#WeatherPhenomena #Weather #ExtremeWeatherEvents #Cyclones #TyneLogan
Roads set to reopen as clean-up continues in Exmouth
By Bridget McArthur and Jemillah Dawson
Visitors in Exmouth who got stuck in the town when Cyclone Narelle passed are now trying to find ways out of the town.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-30/ex-tropical-cyclone-narelle-update/106511430
#Weather #ExtremeWeatherEvents #Cyclones #ClimateChange #Storms #BridgetMcArthur #JemillahDawson
Exmouth beaches a 'graveyard' after ex-Tropical Cyclone Narelle
By Bridget McArthur, Alistair Bates, Brianna Melville, Anthony Pancia, and Andrew Chounding
In the popular tourist destination, it appears the category four cyclone has chewed up and spat out whole sections of the Ningaloo Reef onto dry land.
#Weather #ExtremeWeatherEvents #Cyclones #ClimateChange #Storms #BridgetMcArthur #AlistairBates #BriannaMelville #AnthonyPancia # #AndrewChounding
Video emerges of 'unprecedented' Cyclone Narelle flooding at outback station
An outback cattle station and tourist ranch in WA's north has felt the full force of Cyclone Narelle, with vision emerging of the trail of destruction left by the powerful wind and heavy rain.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-29/bullara-station-video-tropical-cyclone-narelle/106507432
Cyclone Narelle destroys banana crops, fresh food growers hit hard
By Andrew Chounding, Anthony Pancia, and Blake Kagi
Fruit and vegetable producers in one of Western Australia's key food growing regions are counting the cost of Cyclone Narelle, with one banana grower reporting more than 80 per cent of his crop has been destroyed.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-29/cyclone-narelle-smashes-carnarvon-banana-crops/106507310
#ExtremeWeatherEvents #Weather #Cyclones #ClimateChange #Storms #FruitGrowing #BananaGrowing #CropHarvesting #AgriculturalCrops #VegetableGrowing #AndrewChounding #AnthonyPancia # #BlakeKagi
Cyclone Narelle devastates WA tourist town, airport 'obliterated'
By Andrea Mayes
The northern WA tourist town of Exmouth has been left isolated and heavily damaged after Cyclone Narelle tore through the town.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-28/tropical-cyclone-narelle-devestates-exmouth/106506824
#Weather #ExtremeWeatherEvents #Cyclones #ClimateChange #Storms #AndreaMayes
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Narelle causes outages at major WA gas facilities
By Georgia Hargreaves, Mietta Adams, and Alistair Bates
Gas giants Woodside, Santos and Chevron confirm they have suffered production outages at its gas as a result of Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle.
#Weather #ExtremeWeatherEvents #Cyclones #ClimateChange #EnergyIndustry #GeorgiaHargreaves #MiettaAdams # #AlistairBates
No let-up from Cyclone Narelle as dangerous storm heads south
Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle continues to cut a destructive swathe through Western Australia's Gascoyne even as it weakens, with authorities warning the extreme weather is not over yet.
#Weather #ExtremeWeatherEvents #Cyclones #ClimateChange #Storms
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