The search for a missing four-year-old girl on Western Australia's northwest coast has been suspended due to bad weather.
Cleo Smith was last seen by her parents about 1.30am on Saturday at the Blowholes campsite at Macleod, north of Carnarvon.
The girl was wearing a pink one-piece sleepsuit with a blue and yellow pattern. She was in a red and black sleeping bag which has since been reported missing.
Homicide and major crime forensic investigators are assisting local police amid fears she may have been abducted.
Authorities have been forced to temporarily pause the local search due to damaging wind gusts and heavy rainfall in the Carnarvon area.
"We've got heavy rain and high winds here and it's simply not safe for the SES volunteers at the moment," Inspector Jon Munday told Perth radio 6PR on Tuesday.
"We're reassessing that hour by hour."
Police on Monday searched a number of shacks located along the coastline at the campsite.
A police helicopter and drones were also deployed.
"We can't rule out the fact that Cleo may be still in the area," Insp Munday said.
"If she's left the area, that is probably our worst case scenario because that really paints a sinister picture with what's happened.
"It is a race against time. We're just trying to find answers."
The popular campsite was heavily populated on the night Cleo disappeared, with detectives "tracking and tracing" the guests and continuing to comb through CCTV and dashcam footage provided by members of the public.
Police have also spoken to Cleo's biological father in Mandurah, south of Perth, as part of their investigations.
There is no suggestion he was involved in the girl's disappearance.
"It is just normal police practice that we speak to everybody involved in the family," Insp Munday said.
On Sunday, the girl's worried mother, Ellie Smith, took to social media also pleading for help.
"It's been over 24 hours since I last seen the sparkle in my little girl's eyes! Please help me find her," she posted.
