Powerful Tropical Cyclone Zelia Churns Toward Northwest Australia The storm is expected to make landfall Friday afternoon, with wind gusts of up to 180 miles per hour.

Heavy wind and rainfall is hitting Western Australia's north-west as Severe Tropical Cyclone Zelia makes landfall near De Grey and communities bunker down.

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.

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.

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.

While major centres "dodged a bullet", Cyclone Zelia's passage has devastated a string of remote communities and stations across the Pilbara.

Cyclone Zelia has paralysed Australia’s iron ore exports, forcing the closure of major ports and mining operations across the Pilbara.

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

This was published 4 months ago Cyclone Zelia as it happened: WA prepares for category five weather system to hit state’s Pilbara region ...

Heavy wind and rainfall is hitting Western Australia's north-west as Severe Tropical Cyclone Zelia makes landfall near De Grey and communities bunker down.

Tropical Cyclone Zelia has crossed the Australian coast, unleashing strong winds and heavy rain but a key mining hub has been spared the worst of the impact.