Overview
- BoM reports Hayley intensified to a category 4 over water with sustained winds near 165 km/h and gusts to 230 km/h, and forecasts a category 3 landfall near Cape Leveque on Tuesday night.
- The warning zone now focuses from north of Broome to Kuri Bay, including the Dampier Peninsula, Derby and Cockatoo Island, while the direct threat to Broome has eased.
- Very destructive wind gusts up to 170–200 km/h are possible between Beagle Bay and Cape Leveque, with heavy rain, flash flooding and higher-than-normal tides expected along the west Kimberley coast.
- DFES says it is no longer safe to leave in the core warning area, with an evacuation centre open at the Broome Recreation and Aquatic Centre and residents in caravans or older homes urged to relocate.
- Across northern Queensland and the Gulf region, a slow-moving monsoon trough is driving major rainfall and flooding that could isolate communities for days to weeks.