SYDNEY — Australian authorities on Thursday urged holidaymakers to evacuate a stretch of the country’s western coastline in the path of a cyclone that has devastated parts of Indonesia and East Timor.
Tropical Cyclone Seroja is expected to hit Western Australia late Sunday or early Monday after tracking south.
It is forecast to bring “destructive winds with gusts of 150 kilometers per hour (93 miles per hour) and intense rainfall that could cause flash flooding” on parts of the coast, the Bureau of Meteorology said.
Emergency services warned holidaymakers — many camping or traveling in caravans — to leave ahead of forecast weekend storms that would be quickly followed by…
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