Western Australia bracelets for ‘dangerous’ categories 5 tropical cyclone Zelia | Weather News
Australian emergency services warn of a potential threat of life and have issued warnings about shelter and evacuation that the cyclone should make a fall.
Category 5 tropical cyclone 5 – the strongest on the capacity ladder to cause widespread destruction – decreases on the coastal region of Pilbar in Western Australia, warned the Australian Meteorological Office, while the sea ports were closed by emergency services glued to potential damage.
According to the bureau, Zelia moves slowly and should make a land in the region late Friday in the region that is the home of the main ports used to export goods, including an iron ore, and is also a converting center for oil and gas supply.
“The intensity of the Zelia tropical cyclone means that there is a significant threat to life and property and I invite people to follow the instructions of emergency services in Pilbari,” said Darren Klemm, head of the Western Australia fire and emergency department, at a press conference on Thursday.
The meteorology bureau said that the cyclone would probably land near Port Hedland, the world’s largest export point for the iron ore, which was forced to close. Port Hedland is exposed to a special risk of cyclone damage because its buildings are quite older, Klemm said.
Category 5 storms have a maximum wind speed of more than 280 km/h (174mph), James Ashley, Western Australia manager, told a press conference.
Heavy tropical #CyclonezeliaNow Category 5, to bring very destructive winds and very heavy rain on the Pilbar coast.
Latest: https://t.co/4kfwiahr3 pic.twitter.com/gailxl9wye
– a meteorology bureau, Australia (@bu_au) February 13, 2025
In a video posted by an office explaining the situation, the weather forecaster Dean Narramore said that with rainy rainfall already recorded at 80 to 100 mm (3.1 to 3.9 inches) in the area, more severe showers are expected in the coming hours.
“And that is likely to lead to the widespread flood of the flash and river,” Narramore said.
“That’s why we’re so worried about our inhabitants through this part of Pilbar coast,” he said.
“It’s an intense and dangerous system,” he said.
Fire and emergency region issued a statement A warning that the Zelia cyclone represented a “possible threat to lives and homes” and invited people to take prone. Those who live in caravans, old or not well maintained houses are invited to move to the nearest evacuation center.
After the warning, they were supposed to close the ports of Dammpier and Varus Island from 6pm in local time (10:00 GMT) on Thursday.
Convection cracks appear within the intensified tropical cyclone Zelia as it slows down to crawling near the northwestern coast of Australia. pic.twitter.com/x0yin0fbs4
– Cira (@cira_csu) 12. February 2025
