Tropical Cyclone, Zelia and western Australia

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.
VIDEO: Severe Tropical Cyclone Zelia bearing down on WA's north west coast
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Why is Severe Tropical Cyclone Zelia so strong?
Western Australia's Pilbara coast will endure ferocious winds, flooding rain and a storm surge when category five Severe Tropical Cyclone Zelia makes landfall.
Tracking Tropical Cyclone Zelia
Cyclones can strike eastern Africa, primarily Madagascar, as well as the western, northern and eastern coasts of Australia and surrounding island nations.
Tropical Cyclone Zelia inching closer to Western Australia
Category five storm Tropical Cyclone Zelia expected to make landfall in WA later today. Western Australia Health Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson is withholding how she will address concerns over the women and babies hospital until after the election. Residents were left terrified after five gunshots were fired down a footpath in Adelaide.
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.
Tropical Cyclone Zelia Intensifies as It Moves Towards Australian Coast
Tropical Cyclone Zelia intensified as it moved toward the Western Australia coast on February 11, the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) said, publishing this footage.The Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) said the cyclone was a Category 2 and would likely reach Category 3 by Thursday.
Western Australia prepares for Tropical Cyclone Zelia
Tropical Cyclone Zelia is intensifying off Western Australia's coast, putting communities on alert for destructive winds and heavy rainfall.
Tropical Cyclone Zelia has formed off Western Australia’s north-west coast
A tropical cyclone has formed off the north-west coast of Western Australia. Residents in the Pilbara region are preparing for the potential impact.
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 ...
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 ...
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Impacts of Urban Heat and Friction on a Tropical Cyclone
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Cyclone Zelia rated as category five — the highest on the scale — but what exactly does this mean?
As Tropical Cyclone Zelia bears down on the Pilbara, we examine what makes a cyclone a 'category five', the most extreme ...
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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 ...
Tropical cyclone Zelia: Bureau of Meteorology forecast cyclone to make landfall on Friday night
Tropical cyclone Zelia has developed into a category five system, prompting warnings there is a ‘significant threat to lives ...
VIDEO: Severe Tropical Cyclone Zelia is expected to cross the WA coast between De Grey and Whim Creek today
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