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Cyclone Wallace – Update

As the Pilbara coast recovers from severe Tropical Cyclone Veronica which flooded the region last week, another potential cyclone brewing in the Top End is threatening to wreak further havoc.

Key points:

The BOM says there’s a high chance of a cyclone off the Kimberley on Saturday
If the system does develop into a cyclone, it will be called Wallace
Forecasters say if it hits the Pilbara coast next week, the flooding will be “significant”
A tropical low formed about 500 kilometres north-north-east of Darwin on Wednesday and is forecast to move into waters off Western Australia.

“Over the next few days we’re expecting the system to move west-south-west and slowly develop,” Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) senior forecaster Matt Boterhoven said.

“By Friday, there’s a moderate chance of it developing into a tropical cyclone.

Cyclone will be called Wallace

If the system does develop into a cyclone, it will be called Cyclone Wallace.

But the BOM has cautioned it was still too early to predict with certainty whether the potential cyclone would make landfall or exactly where it would track.

Its latest modelling suggests a potential crossing could take place on the west Pilbara coast late on Tuesday or early on Wednesday.

Cyclone Veronica stalled very close to the Pilbara coast for about 24 hours at category three intensity, dumping hundreds of millimetres of rain in the Pilbara and producing destructive winds between Port Hedland and Karratha.

Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-04/cyclone-a-high-chance-of-forming-off-wa-north-coast-bom-warns/10968680

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Solomon Islands Oil Spill – Update

Australia is sending more experts, vessels and equipment to Solomon Islands to stem an oil spill increasingly damaging a World Heritage-listed marine sanctuary and threatening islanders’ livelihoods.

Following deployment of Australian Maritime Safety Authority experts to help the Solomons government confirm ongoing leakage from the vessel, Foreign Minister Marise Payne said specialised personnel, equipment and vessels would be sent out to work under AMSA and alongside local efforts.

She said on Sunday this was in response to “escalating ecological damage and a lack of action by commercial entities”, which Australia “Rennell Island is home to a UNESCO-listed World Heritage site and the people of Rennell rely on the ocean and natural resources of the island for their livelihoods,” Ms Payne said in a statement.

“Up to 75 tonnes of heavy fuel oil from the ship has dispersed across the island’s sea and shoreline, contaminating the ecologically delicate area. More than 600 tonnes of heavy fuel oil remains on the stricken vessel.”

The company that chartered the ship, Bintan Mining Corporation, has said it has no liability in the case, but is assisting in the salvage.

Ms Payne said Australia continued to back the Solomon Islands government’s efforts to ensure the commercial parties responsible for the incident took action and were held responsible.

Bad weather hampered early efforts to assess the damage and last week it was reported that problems with an onboard emergency generator stalled the clean-up effort.

Source: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/solomons-oil-spill-australia-sends-more-assistance-to-world-heritage-listed-sanctuary

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