This week #AdriftLab was joined by Tanya, a #TradtionalOwner from Kepa Kurl/Esperance. We traveled to northern Australia (☀️Tanya’s home Country, yay!) and this morning, we flew to a remote #island to undertake a damage assessment after #CycloneIlsa. Sad to say, there was significant mortality of the breeding #seabirds with very few individuals of an #endemic species left alive 🐦🏝🌀 @SeabirdSentinel #EsperanceTjaltjraak #IndigenousRangers #CaringForCountry #ProtectWhatYouLove
Landfall of Tropical Cyclone #Ilsa 🌀on 13 April that produced the strongest 10 minute sustained winds (218 km/h, 135.5 mph) ever recorded in Australia🇦🇺. 9 fishermen were lost at sea while 11 others survived with no food for 6 days before rescue. #cycloneilsa

🇦🇺 Les prochaines heures s'annoncent critiques pour le nord de l'#Australie occidentale qui se prépare
à l'arrivée du #cyclone #Isla.
Sur la trajectoire, la station sur Bedout Island a déjà enregistré des vents moyens >200km/h et rafales à près de 290 km/h selon @BOM_au
RT @BOM_WA: #CycloneIlsa has set a new preliminary Australian ten-minute sustained wind speed record of 218km/h at Bedout Island! Cyclone George was the previous record holder with 194km/h back in 2007 at the very same location! For the latest https://t.co/6laIpVWtSM

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/meteofrance/status/1646558778454573058

[13/04 16:59]

My husband lives in #PortHedland so we had a VERY tense couple days as #CycloneIlsa approached (made landfall as a Category FIVE storm only 130 kn of town). Thankfully, he’s fine but…the #seabird breeding island I’ve been working on definitely is not 😢🐦🏝 #BedoutIsland #RowleyShoals
👇🇦🇺"Cyclone Ilsa sets a new wind record as it smashes into Australia’s western coast" #CycloneIlsa
#WesternAustralia #Climate
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/13/australia/cyclone-ilsa-new-speed-record-australia-intl-hnk/index.html
【 Ex-#CycloneIlsa Advisory 25
Max Winds: 65mph
ATCIS: ex-TC
MSLP: 992mb
#Ilsa becomes an extratropical cyclone as a post-tropical cyclone. This is the last advisory today... 】

https://twitter.com/jointcyclone/status/1646883747269160960?s=12&t=gRwDVaatTrdezkSC9YCthg
Joint Cyclone Center on Twitter

“Ex-#CycloneIlsa Advisory 25 Max Winds: 65mph ATCIS: ex-TC MSLP: 992mb #Ilsa becomes an extratropical cyclone as a post-tropical cyclone. This is the last advisory today...”

Twitter
Sunset on Severe Tropical Cyclone #Ilsa over Western Australia #CycloneIlsa #weather #WX
Severe Tropical Cyclone #Ilsa over Western Australia earlier today #CycloneIlsa #weather #WX

Le cyclone s'affaiblit en avançant sur les terres semble-t-il ...
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RT @WMO
Severe Tropical #CycloneIlsa made landfall in NW Australia as Cat 5 storm. Set a preliminary Australian 10-min speed record of 218 km/h.
Now at Category 3 as it heads inland. 132mm of rain in 24 hours in one of worst hit areas, per @BOM_WA

#EarlyWarningsForAll
https://twitter.com/WMO/status/1646780360565436417

World Meteorological Organization on Twitter

“Severe Tropical #CycloneIlsa made landfall in NW Australia as Cat 5 storm. Set a preliminary Australian 10-min speed record of 218 km/h. Now at Category 3 as it heads inland. 132mm of rain in 24 hours in one of worst hit areas, per @BOM_WA #EarlyWarningsForAll”

Twitter

There aren't many alternatives nearby so I'm guessing the #Pardoo roadhouse (Western Australia) will be operational again within 6 hours.

#Ilsa #CycloneIlsa #Weather