Ex-tropical cyclone Zelia weakens but new flash flooding threat to WA communities

Creeks that were dry days ago are now 100 metres wide as the weather system moves inland, putting some areas at flooding risk. 

ABC News

Pardoo, sur les côtes Nord de #WesternAustralia a enregistré plus de 500mm au passage du cyclone #Zelia selon le site du @BOM_au

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🕐 14/02 15:11

Météo Pédagogie (@MeteoPedagogie) on X

Pardoo, sur les côtes Nord de #WesternAustralia a enregistré plus de 500mm au passage du cyclone #Zelia selon le site du @BOM_au

X (formerly Twitter)

"The heaviest rainfall is being felt along cattle stations to the east of the system, with 580mm falling at De Grey and 320mm at Pardoo in recent days."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-14/tropical-cyclone-zelia-makes-landfall-port-hedland/104937612
#Zelia

Severe Tropical Cyclone Zelia hits WA's Pilbara coast at category four

Heavy wind and rainfall is hitting Western Australia's north-west as Severe Tropical Cyclone Zelia makes landfall near De Grey and communities bunker down.

ABC News

"Severe Tropical Cyclone #Zelia hit #Australia's west coast on Friday and brought "very destructive" winds of up to 180 mph (290 kph) and heavy rains sparking concerns of flash floods."

https://www.dw.com/en/cyclone-zelia-makes-landfall-in-western-australia/a-71604264

Cyclone Zelia makes landfall in Western Australia

Cyclone Zelia is one of the strongest storms to his Western Australia in recent years. Major industrial ports were shut down ahead of the storm's arrival.

Deutsche Welle
Tropical Cyclone #Zelia over the last 2 and a half days with its rapid intensification, long stall and eyewall replacement cycles before final landfall near the De Grey River mouth, Western Australia today #CycloneZelia

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Cyclone #Zelia made landfall a few hours ago over a sparsely populated area to the east of Port Hedland in Western #Australia and is now weakening as it moves inland.

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🕐 14/02 08:43

Met Office Storms (@metofficestorms) on X

Cyclone #Zelia made landfall a few hours ago over a sparsely populated area to the east of Port Hedland in Western #Australia and is now weakening as it moves inland.

X (formerly Twitter)
Category 4 Severe Tropical Cyclone #Zelia makes landfall east of Port Hedland, Western Australia near De Grey River mouth.

Megazyklon Zelia in Australien auf Land getroffen

Ein heftiger #Zyklon ist an der australischen Westküste früher als erwartet auf Land getroffen: #Zelia wütete seit Mittag (Ortszeit) mit Windgeschwindigkeiten von bis zu 195 und Böen von rund 290 km/h in der Region #Pilbara und speziell um die Städte PortHedland und #Karratha. Zudem warnten die Behörden wegen #Starkregen's im Zuge des Tropensturms vor #Sturzfluten und #Überschwemmungen. Port Hedland blieb zunächst – anders als erwartet – vom Zentrum des Zyklons verschont.

https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000257325/mega-zyklon-zelia-steuert-mit-300-kmh-auf-australien-zu

#Extremwetter
#Klimakrise

Megazyklon Zelia in Australien auf Land getroffen

Geschäfte, Schulen, Straßen und Flughäfen wurden vorsorglich geschlossen. Behörden warnten vor Sturzfluten und Überschwemmungen

DER STANDARD

#himawari9 Channel 13, showing brightness temperature of #cyclone #Zelia at landfall. This is a wild system. It's a category 5 cyclone showing a ton of rotation and insanely high cloud tops around the eye, but the eye didn't clear out. More explanation in the alt text.

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source: Tropicaltidbits.com

Category 5 #cyclone #Zelia made landfall in Australia on friday, 14/2 at around 5am CET. Gusts of more than 300 km/h were predicted, so I hope that the strongest winds missed the population centers. Because it doesn't look like that beast calmed down much before it hit land.

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