The Australian warming system for natural disasters has now been adopted in Western Australia.

The biggest change is to the cyclone warnings – with the blue, yellow and red alerts scrapped.

They’re being replaced by the same yellow, orange and red (advice – watch-and-act and emergency) warnings applied to bushfires.

Deputy DFES Commissioner Craig Waters told Oly Peterson on Perth Live it brings WA into line with the rest of the country.

Click PLAY below to listen to the full conversation.