Tropical Cyclone Zelia intensifies to category 5 storm

Powerful Tropical Cyclone Zelia Churns Toward Northwest Australia
The storm is expected to make landfall late Friday, with wind gusts of up to 180 miles per hour. A port crucial to the global economy has shut down.
Tropical Cyclone Zelia rapidly strengthens near Australia, could reach Category 5 before landfall
Tropical Cyclone Zelia rapidly strengthened off the coast of Western Australia on Wednesday. The Bureau of Meteorology, Australia's national weather service, said the cyclone was Category 4 on Wednesday,
Tropical Cyclone Zelia intensifies to category five storm
Tropical Cyclone Zelia is hurtling towards the Western Australia coastline, bringing winds so strong, it could destroy everything in its path.
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Western Australia braces for ‘dangerous’ Category 5 Tropical Cyclone Zelia
Australian emergency services warn of potential threat to life and have issued shelter and evacuation warnings.
Severe Tropical Cyclone Zelia: West Aussies warned this is a ‘life-threatening weather event’
Cyclone Zelia is expected to reach a category 5 system today, potentially bringing flash flooding and destructive winds up to 290km/h if it crosses the coast.
Tropical cyclone forces closure of ports in Western Australia's Pilbara region
Western Australia's ports of Dampier and Varanus Island will be closed at 6 p.m. (1000 GMT) on Thursday due to Tropical Cyclone Zelia, the ports' operator said, with emergency services in the state warning of the potential for significant damage.
Rio Tinto prepares for Tropical Cyclone Zelia
Rio Tinto has declared it is putting the safety of its workforce first as Tropical Cyclone Zelia is expected to make land in the Pilbara region of Western Australia today.
Truckie rescued from floodwaters as Tropical Cyclone Zelia intensifies
The male driver was rescued about 1pm and was taken to Woody Woody minesite for a health assessment, according to local media reports.
Cyclone Zelia Gains Strength as It Crawls Toward Australia's West Coast
Tropical Cyclone Zelia intensified to a Category 4 storm as it moved toward the Western Australia coast on February 13, with officials warning it could become a Category 5 storm before making landfall on Friday.
Tropical Cyclone Zelia: Schools shut, roads closed as WA prepares for destruction
Tropical Cyclone Zelia is nearing Western Australia's Pilbara coast and is set to cross land near Port Hedland around 6pm ...
Emergency warning for Port Hedland residents as severe Tropical Cyclone Zelia nears WA coast
An emergency warning is in place for parts of the Pilbara, including the town of Port Hedland, as severe Tropical Cyclone ...
Australia iron ore ports close to brace for category 5 cyclone
Australia's iron ore export hub, the world's largest, braced on Friday for a powerful tropical cyclone, forcing the closure of all of the major commodity ports in the country's northwest as residents ...
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Preparations complete at Zelia landfall comes closer
Western Roads Federation CEO Cam Dumesny has praised the transport and logistics industry’s preparation ahead of TC Zelia's ...