‘Entirely wiped out’ crops, buildings destroyed and weeks of recovery as cyclone damaged assessed

Critical Western Australia agriculture region counting cost of brutal cyclone as flooding risk persists for low-lying communities

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An agricultural region that supplies about 60% of Western Australia’s fresh winter produce is assessing damage as authorities continue work on Sunday to restore power to a popular tourist town hit hard by Cyclone Narelle.

The food-bowl region near Carnarvon, about 900km north of Perth, provides 80% of of the state’s bananas. Meanwhile, flooding risk remains in the state’s low-lying communities.