The system is expected to bring strong winds and heavy rain as it moves inland through the Gascoyne region.

Residents are sheltering as destructive winds and heavy rain lash the tourist town, and surrounding areas.

A bomb cyclone, also known as bombogenesis, happens when a mid-latitude storm system strengthens very quickly, usually over ...

When storms undergo bombogenesis, they rapidly strengthen. The National Weather Service writes, "Bombogenesis can happen when a cold air mass collides with a warm air mass, such as air over warm ocean ...