Source: Bureau of Meteorology

Issued at 5:33 am WST on Tuesday 30 December 2025

Headline:
Severe Tropical Cyclone Hayley is forecast to bring severe impacts to the northwest Kimberley coast later today.

Areas Affected:
Warning Zone
North of Broome to Kuri Bay, including Dampier Peninsula and Derby.

Watch Zone
None.

Cancelled Zone
None.

Details of Severe Tropical Cyclone Hayley 08U at 5:00 am AWST:
Intensity: Category 4, sustained winds near the centre of 165 kilometres per hour with wind gusts to 230 kilometres per hour.

Location: within 30 kilometres of 16.2 degrees South 120.7 degrees East, estimated to be 240 kilometres west of Cape Leveque and 255 kilometres northwest of Broome.

Movement: east southeast at 12 kilometres per hour.

Severe Tropical Cyclone Hayley, category 4, is northwest of the Kimberley coast. Hayley is moving east southeast towards the coast, and is likely to reach the northern part of the Dampier Peninsula this evening.

Hayley is likely at its peak strength, and is forecast to start weakening today prior to landfall. However, it is still forecast at category 3 strength prior to landfall.

Hazards:

VERY DESTRUCTIVE WIND GUSTS to 170 km/h are possible about the northern Dampier Peninsula including Beagle Bay and Cape Leveque from early afternoon.

DESTRUCTIVE WIND GUSTS to 150 km/h are likely to develop about the northern Dampier Peninsula north of Broome to Cape Leveque from Tuesday possibly as early as midday. Destructive gusts could extend east to Cockatoo Island later Tuesday evening or early Wednesday.

GALES with DAMAGING WIND GUSTS to 100 km/h may develop over the Dampier Peninsula north of Broome as early as late Tuesday morning, extending east to Cockatoo Island during Tuesday afternoon or evening. Gales may then extend further east to Kuri Bay early Wednesday.

HEAVY RAINFALL which may lead to FLASH FLOODING is possible near the track for the area under Warning from Tuesday.

Tides will be higher than normal as Hayley approaches the west Kimberley Coast.

Recommended Action:

DFES Advises: Ensure you know what to do in a cyclone. For the latest DFES community alerts and warnings visit www.emergency.wa.gov.au or download the Emergency WA app.

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