Pilbara rain records tumble as unseasonal weather floods Northwest Coastal Highway again

Pelting rain across the Pilbara during May has seen the Northwest Coastal Highway closed twice, other major roads flooded, and 11 sites break rainfall records.

Thevenard Island has broken a 20-year rainfall record for the month of May, with the Bureau of Meteorology saying the island has recorded 298.6 millimetres so far this month.

Varanus Island has recorded a whopping 413.4mm in May so far, breaking a record that's stood since 2005.

Other sites which have broken all-time rainfall records include Mardie, Mount Florance, Yarraloola Homestead, Coolawanyah, Yalleen, Karratha Aero, Sherlock and Red Hill.

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