The powerful tropical cyclone on Thursday dealt with the Pilbar region in northwestern Australia, and it was expected that it would bring destructive winds and floods into a remote region that is home to Luka and Mine that are key to the global economy.
The Zelia tropical cyclone on Thursday morning suffered a wind speed of about 127 miles an hour, and it was expected that on Friday in Western Australia it would be late to make land, according to the Australian meteorology bureau. This would make the storm equal to the Atlantic Category 3. At the Australian scale of the tropical cyclone, it belongs to the highest level of classification.
“It’s not getting worse than that. It’s the most powerful tropical cyclone you can get,” said Angus Hines, a senior meteorologist in Birou, briefly on Thursday.
While the region of Pilbar, the desert, sparsely populated, it is an Australian mining heart and is home to the main mines of iron ore operated by Rio Tintto, Fordescue and BHP. The key port in the region is already closed.
A storm can bring a gust of even 180 mph when he makes a fall, Mr. Hines said. It’s strong enough to destroy houses and “they do a wide damage and destruction,” he said. Zelia is also expected to also bring floods and coastal raids into the region, with some parts of more than 19.7 centimeters of rain.
The storm forced ports in the region to stop surgery. Port Hedland, one of the largest ports of iron ore in the world, is closed on Wednesday, according to Luke Pilbar. Port Dampier, used by Rio Tinto, and Luka Varus Island, which is used as a center for oil processing and other fuel, would closed on Thursday afternoon, Pilbara said.
Rio Tinto in a statement on Thursday That he paused with a wet surgery of salt in Port Hedland and Dampier, and cleaned ships and trains from his ports in the region.
The storm is expected to make a descent between the cities of Karrath, the home of about 22,000 people, and the port of Hedland, which has almost 16,000 inhabitants. On Thursday, a series of main roads in the region, as well as stores, national parks and a dozen schools, were closed.
