Australia on Thursday urged holidaymakers to vacate a stretch of the country’s western coastline in view of tropical cyclone Seroja, which is expected to hit Western Australia late Sunday or early Monday. The cyclone has already devastated parts of Indonesia and East Timor, reported AFP.

In a forecast, the Bureau of Meteorology said that “destructive winds with gusts of 150 kilometres per hour (93 miles per hour) and intense rainfall that could cause flash flooding” on parts of the coast would be brought by the cyclone.

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As many holidaymakers are currently camping or travelling in caravans, emergency services have warned them to evacuate the area.

“If you remain in the area in a tent or caravan, you are at risk,” said assistant commissioner Paul Ryan, adding that these structures were “highly dangerous” in wild weather.

Local residents were also urged to prepare emergency kits and ensure their homes were ready for the expected impact.

The cyclone is forecast to make landfall in a relatively isolated part of Western Australia — a sprawling, sparsely populated state — as a category 2 or 3 system.

Almost 180 people were killed in Indonesia and neighbouring East Timor earlier this week after the cyclone proved one of the most destructive storms to hit the region in years.

Dozens more are still missing and thousands have been left homeless.