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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#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