In short: Tropical Cyclone Zelia crossed the West Australian coast just after midday on Friday. The category three system is bringing heavy rain and destructive winds to the Pilbara.

Tropical Cyclone Zelia had sustained wind speeds at its center of about 127 miles per hour with wind gusts of up to 177 miles per hour, ... While the Pilbara region, a desert, ...

As Tropical Cyclone Zelia bears down on the Pilbara, we examine what makes a cyclone a 'category five', the most extreme storm on the scale.

Pilbara Ports said on Saturday it would issue an alert when Port Hedland reopened, after Zelia crossed the coast near the port around noon (0400 GMT) on Friday as a category five cyclone, the ...

Tropical Cyclone Zelia Hits North Western Australia ... a town of about 15,000 people in the Pilbara region, a desert that is home to some of the world’s largest iron ore mines.

Port Hedland, reopened after being shut on Wednesday due to the approach of Zelia, the most severe storm to hit the coast since Cyclone Ilsa in April 2023, Pilbara Ports said on its website.

Cyclone Zelia as it happened: WA prepares for category five weather system to hit state’s Pilbara region By Daile Cross Updated February 13, 2025 — 6.56pm first published at 2.01pm ...

Cyclone Zelia comes just three weeks after Cyclone Sean battered the Pilbara region - dumping 274.2mm of rain in just 24 hours.

Tropical Cyclone Zelia is edging closer to the Pilbara coast and has been described by authorities as "unpredictable". (ABC News: Charlie Mills)"This very heavy rainfall falling on already wet ...

The severe tropical cyclone crossed the coast near De Grey, east of Port Hedland as a category four system just after midday on Friday.. Zelia was downgraded to category three just after 4pm, but ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Western Australia's ports of Dampier and Varanus Island reopened, the ports' operator said, after Tropical Cyclone Zelia hit the state's Pilbara iron ore region on Friday.

Cyclone Zelia: Severe tropical storm hits WA's Pilbara coast Tropical Cyclone Zelia has crossed the Australian coast, unleashing strong winds and heavy rain but a key mining hub has been spared ...