Western Australia on alert for approaching Tropical Cyclone Mangga

Although the tropical season for Australia officially concluded on April 30, a late-season cyclone has formed off the country’s western coast. Southwest of the island of Sumatra in Indonesia, a tropical low churned over the warm waters of the South Indian Ocean, becoming Tropical Cyclone Mangga late Thursday night, local time. AccuWeather forecasters expect the system to drift into an area that will allow it to strengthen further. “This cylcone…