A tropical cyclone has formed to the north of WA and is expected to become a severe tropical cyclone before making landfall ...

Australia is being hit by wild weather across the country from intense heat in the south to the threat of tropical cyclone in the north-west and rain and flooding in the east.

Western Australian residents have been told to brace for destructive wind gusts and heavy rain resulting in possible flooding as a “severe” tropical cyclone threatens to form off the state’s coast.