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

<p>Critical Western Australia agriculture region counting cost of brutal cyclone as flooding risk persists for low-lying communities</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>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.</p><p>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.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/29/exmouth-isolated-and-inundated-in-wake-of-cyclone-narelle-as-chevron-works-to-restart-stalled-gas-plants">Continue reading...</a>