Tropical cyclone Sean is not expected to have any further direct impact on Western Australia’s north west. The category 4 system has peaked in intensity as it continues to move across the Indian ocean away from the Pilbara coast.
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00:00I'm here at the wharf in Exmouth, where residents of this popular tourist town more than 1,200
00:06kilometres north of Perth are continuing to trickle in to check in on their boats and
00:10assess some of the damage caused by Tropical Cyclone Sean.
00:13Now that Tropical Cyclone peaked as a Category 4 system offshore from Exmouth, but the effects
00:18largely felt overnight and yesterday.
00:21We didn't get as much rain as further north in Karratha, which saw record levels.
00:25The gauges here in Exmouth recorded about 90 millimetres, but also there were winds
00:29exceeding 100 kilometres per hour.
00:32Those high winds combined with the high tide yesterday to create a storm surge.
00:36In town there are some signs of damage and minor flooding, with trees uprooted and damage
00:41to local infrastructure.
00:43Residents though are welcoming in ease of conditions.
00:46Tropical Cyclone Sean has now become a Category 3 system as it tracks away from the WA mainland.
00:53Further south, people in the Gasclone region though are being urged to prepare for abnormally
00:57high tides as that system moves further away.
01:01Many residents lost power overnight as that cyclone came through.
01:04About 261 homes lost electricity yesterday and we've been told repair crews are on the
01:09ground and homes are coming back online as we speak.
01:12200 homes have had their power restored thus far, with 61 homes still waiting for conditions
01:17to become safe enough for those crews to gain access.
01:20Across the whole Pilbara during this cyclone event there were 49 calls to emergency services,
01:25but only one in Exmouth, which perhaps speaks to residents here and their preparation for
01:30these kinds of weather events.
01:32Local SES volunteers are still out in force, they were out on the road yesterday for hours
01:36assisting locals and will be out again today as the clean-up continues, but it's looking
01:41like a fairly straightforward process.