Wind gusts up to 150km\/h are expected to lash part of Western Australias northern coast as Cyclone Blanche continues its southwest journey. <\/p>\n
The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) said gusts up to 120km\/h are developing between the border of the Northern Territory and Western Australia as the cyclone moves southwest. <\/p>\n
Cyclone Blanche, which is now a category two system, will cross the Kimberley coast later today, BoM advised. <\/p>\n
Winds could reach a destructive 150km\/h between Kalumburu and Wyndam, with residents there warned to prepare to take shelter. <\/p>\n
Gales may pick up between the Northern Territorys Wadeye and the state border if the cyclone moves in a more westerly direction.Heavy rain is also expected to continue between the Top End and the Kimberley. <\/p>\n
Earlier Darwin, which was under warning yesterday, was spared the worst of Blanche, with shelters set up in the city since closed. <\/p>\n
The Top End still copped big downpours and strong winds, including damaging gusts up to 95km\/h along the Northern Territory's Bathurst Island coasts, where a record 383mm of rain fell. <\/p>\n
Cyclone Blanche formed as a category one system yesterday morning south of the Tiwi Islands and has been heading southwest since. <\/p>\n
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