Schools are closed and roads are set to be shut down in Western Australia as Tropical Cyclone Zelia intensifies off the coast near Port Hedland. The cyclone is expected to develop into a destructive category five system before making landfall on Friday night.
Australia’s largest port for iron ore has been shut down and schools closed as Tropical Cyclone Zelia intensifies off the coast near Port Hedland .Australia’s largest port for iron ore has been shut down and schools closed as Tropical Cyclone Zelia intensifies off the coast near Port Hedland .
About a dozen schools have been shut in the state’s north and roads were set to be closed with the cyclone looming about 140km north of Port Hedland. It was expected to intensify and become a maximum category five system, and was predicted to cross the coast west of Port Hedland on Friday night.The Bureau of Meteorology on Thursday morning released a map suggesting Tropical Cyclone Zelia will develop into a category five system before making landfall near Port Hedland on Friday.Schools have been closed in the region with authorities expected to shut roads, including the Great Northern Highway, and set up a South Hedland evacuation centre.
Australia’s largest iron ore port at Port Hedland was shut down on Wednesday as the region braced for the incoming system.Port Hedland resident Chris Ward said cyclone preparations were well under way on in the iron ore town of about 16,000.
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