 Ten hours prior to landfall on the Australian coastline, John was moving southwards directly towards Karratha and Dampier.Had John failed to turn to the south-east like what it did, damage to the towns of Karratha, Dampier, Roebourne and Wickham caused by John would have been much worse.Tropical Cyclone Kirrily formed about 350 km (215 mi) east of the Cocos Islands on 24 January 2000 and moved west southwest towards the Western Australian coast.