"Apocalyptic" red skies as cyclone Narelle slams Western Australia VIDEO

A powerful tropical cyclone tore through Western Australia, ripping the roof off an evacuation centre sheltering 40 people and plunging parts of the state into what residents described as “apocalyptic” conditions.

Cyclone Narelle made landfall as a category three system near Coral Bay on the afternoon of March 27, before tracking south toward Carnarvon. Wind gusts exceeded 100km/h as the storm whipped up a dense dust storm that turned the sky deep red and blanketed several communities, Caliber.Az reports per the New Daily.

Footage shared by Shark Bay Caravan Park showed an eerie crimson sky.

“No filter. This is it. You can feel the dust in your eyes and mouth,” the park wrote on social media.

Apocalyptic red skies over Shark Bay, Western Australia, as Tropical Cyclone Narelle approaches.
A massive dust storm has turned daylight into a deep red haze, with outback dust whipped up by the cyclone’s powerful winds.
Raw footage from a local resident - no edits.

Video… pic.twitter.com/8012WF8Eyq

— Eric Unfiltered™ (@erictrumpfan1) March 27, 2026

In Carnarvon, the roof of a local hall being used as an evacuation centre was torn off while 40 people sheltered inside. Seven News reported it was too dangerous to move the evacuees, who were forced to remain in the damaged building as the storm raged outside. A service station in the town was also destroyed, with windows smashed and fuel bowsers ripped apart.

Shire president Eddie Smith said Carnarvon was engulfed in a pink dust storm for about two hours as the cyclone passed to the east of the town.

🚨 APOCALYPTIC SKY JUST TURNED BLOOD RED — AND PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO PANIC

Entire towns swallowed in a red haze in Western Australia as a powerful cyclone pushes massive dust clouds inland, turning the sky blood red and orange.

• Daylight erased in minutes
• Air turned thick… pic.twitter.com/q7LJ1k7G1i

— HustleBitch (@HustleBitch_) March 27, 2026

Emergency authorities warned that the full extent of the destruction was still being assessed.

“We’re expecting some pretty significant damage,” Department of Fire and Emergency Services Commissioner Darren Klemm said on March 27.

Exmouth was expected to be among the hardest-hit areas, Klemm said.

By the morning of March 28, Narelle had weakened to a category two system about 185 kilometres north-northeast of Geraldton, continuing on a southeast trajectory into the northern Wheatbelt.

Authorities warned that damaging winds and heavy rainfall remained possible across southeastern parts of Western Australia as the system moves inland and is forecast to exit into the Southern Ocean.

By Sabina Mammadli