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Cyclone Mitchell slams WA coast as thousands race to brace for impact

Tropical Cyclone Mitchell has carved a long, messy arc across Western Australia, peaking as a Category 3 system offshore before staggering inland as a weakening low that still packed enough punch to close ports, drench coastal towns and trigger flood alerts hundreds of kilometres from landfall. The system’s evolution from roaring offshore threat to inland […]

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