Authorities in Western Australia's far north are continuing to monitor ex-tropical Cyclone Errol as it continues to weaken and cross inland today. The system which reached category 4 strength on Wednesday, weakened as it approached the Kimberley coast, crossing as a tropical low south of Kuri Bay yesterday afternoon.
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00:00Tropical Cyclone Errol crossed the Kimberley Coast as a tropical low yesterday afternoon
00:07at just south of Koorie Bay, which is about 330 kilometres north of where I'm standing now.
00:13Now, that tropical low did bring a bit of rain to the region. The highest amount of rainfall
00:17recorded was for the remote Aboriginal community of Kalumbaru, which is about 880 kilometres north
00:23of where I'm standing here today in Broome. Now, Kalumbaru received about 161 millimetres
00:29of rain since 9am yesterday morning, with most of that rain falling around midnight.
00:35Kalumbaru received about 45 millimetres, while the Gibb received about 15 to 16.
00:40Now, the Bureau of Meteorology has this morning cancelled its severe weather warning, saying
00:44rainfall has eased throughout the region and there is currently no watch warnings for any rivers in
00:50place. But the Department of Fire and Emergency Services is warning residents to stay alert as
00:55there could be more storms and wet weather this afternoon. We did speak to a number of
01:00residents yesterday in Derby and on the Gibb River Road who have said that they are relieved
01:05and they've, quote, dodged a bullet. Many residents in Derby would remember ex-tropical cyclone
01:11Diane, which impacted that region last month and brought quite heavy rainfall there. We spoke
01:16to a Koorie Bay tourism operator who said that those forecasted gale winds did not end up
01:22eventuating up there at Koorie Bay yesterday, which was also a relief. Yesterday, there were
01:27also quite, there's quite a bit of happiness among surfers because there was a bit of swell
01:31that came to Cable Beach, a bit of rare swell that came with that cyclone as well. And as
01:37well, just mostly, it is 25 years since severe tropical cyclone Rose Zeta crossed just south
01:43of Broome and that system completely flattened Eco Beach Resort just south of Broome. So residents
01:49are quite relieved and there's also quite a bit of excitement that that extra rainfall will
01:55mean that those waterfalls will be filled and that vegetation will be green for the upcoming
02:00tourism season. So in terms of today, residents are being warned to stay up to date with the
02:05latest weather advice and to be prepared for any flash flooding that may occur in the region
02:10with storms and heavy rainfall forecasted for parts of the Kimberley.
02:13Thank you, Kim.
02:14Thank you, Kim.
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