FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of the town of Karratha in the Pilbara region of Western Australia on April 20, 2011. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Western Australia battened down for its worst storm in 10 years on Sunday as the remnants of a tropical cyclone met a cold front with heavy rains and storm surges expected across the state's coast, officials said on Sunday.
Winds gusting up to 210km per hour (130 miles per hour), were expected on Sunday near the country's iron ore producing heartland of the Pilbara, moving south towards the state capital of Perth overnight and Monday.
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