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Brendan Wood and Claire Jones for MetDesk

REVEALED: Weather tracker tropical cyclone mitchell hits western australia | Rare Historical Photos

Satellite image shows the movement of Tropical Cyclone Mitchell across Western Australia
Satellite image shows the movement of Tropical Cyclone Mitchell across Western Australia. Photograph: Zoom Earth

Tropical Cyclone Mitchell hit the coast of Western Australia last week. It initially developed as a weak tropical low over the Northern Territory in early February, then tracked over Western Australia’s Kimberley region and eventually reached the Indian Ocean.

Fuelled by warm waters, Mitchell intensified into a tropical cyclone and moved south-west, hugging the coast of Western Australia and eventually deepened to a category three storm.

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