The remote Aboriginal community of Djarindjin has emerged battered, but largely safe and well, after experiencing hours of destructive conditions caused by Ex-Tropical Cyclone Hayley.

Hayley made landfall as a Category 3 system around 10 kilometres south of the community, which is situated near the northern tip of the Kimberley's Dampier Peninsula, at around 5pm on Tuesday night.

The system brought wind gusts touching 160 kilometres per hour locally, and 130mm of rain between the early hours and 9pm.

It then weakened into a tropical low by Wednesday morning as it moved east.

As of 6:30am WST, a Severe Weather Warning remained in place for parts of the Kimberley further east, which was cancelled by the Bureau of Meteorology as the system further weakened by the late morning.

"It looks like a bomb has gone off," Djarindjin Aboriginal Corporation chief executive Nathan McIvor told National Indigenous Times on Wednesday.

Mr McIvor estimated of the around the 450 people who live in Djarindjin and shouldering community Lombadina, around half to 300-plus residents had evacuated before Hayley hit.

He was not aware of any injuries sustained due to what he said was a solid four hours of extreme conditions.

"We're all very calm. We're just assessing the damage of the cyclone. A few people are down in the dumps," Mr McIvor said.

"There's a couple of cars that have been damaged and people that have got some issues with their houses - water inundation and some roofing iron coming off. There's some electrical issues for some houses.

"But by and large, I think the community came off very well considering the severity of the system."

Djarindjin experienced around an hour of Hayley's maximum intensity as it passed over, Mr McIvor said.

Trees have been uprooted, with crews working to clear the major road south in and out of town.

As part of the commnity's cyclone preparation systems, electrical contractors and other workers are organised to be on standby, Mr McIvor said.

"So we've already got people sitting in the wings to come out and help when we require their assistance," he said.

Western Australia's Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) and other services were due to send out crews as of mid-morning on Wednesday, he continued.

"I think the response has been very good from the emergency services point of view. But we've also been planning for this for a while, too. So I think with everybody's efforts, we'll be able to get this sorted pretty quickly," Mr McIvor said.

Djarindjin relies on power for water, which fortunately was not heavily affected.

"Most of the communities still had power. Half of the communities got underground power, and the other half has still got overhead power lines," Mr McIvor said.

"There were a couple of power lines that went down. So there was only a few houses that were affected and we've got variety of power and electrical contractors coming out to get that sorted today."

Resource wise, the community is placed well for the coming days, Mr McIvor added.

As of 8am local time, DFES maintained a Watch and Act for Cape Leveque to south of Beagle Bay.

"The cyclone has passed however there remains a possible threat to lives and homes," DFES said.

"DFES is conducting assessments on the ground to identify hazards to ensure the safety of the community."