A major cyclone is intensifying off the coast of Western Australia with warnings that it could be the most powerful storm to make landfall in the area in more than a decade
Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology said Cyclone Ilsa is expected to make landfall late Thursday or early Friday, somewhere between the towns of Broome and Port Hedland, a major port hub for the export of iron ore. The storm is expected to generate wind gusts of more than 250 kilometers per hour by Thursday evening, equivalent to a Category 4 or 5 hurricane in the US.
On Tuesday, the Pilbara Port Authority said it was clearing boats from all berths in the inner harbor of the Port Hedland port, and urged recreational boat owners to secure their vessels. Cyclones are common on the west coast of Australia, with the Bureau of Meteorology logging seven of them last year.
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