NSW: Billy downgraded to category low cyclone.

AAP General News (Australia)
12-20-2008
NSW: Billy downgraded to category low cyclone.

Tropical cyclone Billy .. which packed destructive winds of up to 130 kilometres this
morning .. has been downgraded to a tropical low category .. as it moves over Western
Australia's north Kimberley coast.

BILLY was a category two cyclone earlier today.

It is likely to continue to move west overland tomorrow .. and may redevelop .. once
it moves off the north Kimberley coast late tomorrow morning.

An earlier warning for Wyndham .. Oombulgurri and Kalumburu has been cancelled.

Residents were put on high alert and advised to take shelter.

There have been no reports of damage.

A warning now extends from Kalumburu to Cockatoo Island .. and a cyclone watch extends
from Cockatoo Island to Broome.

Heavy rain is expected to continue over the north Kimberley tomorrow.

AAP RTV bc/wz

KEYWORD: BILLY (PERTH)

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