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Tropical Cyclone Zelia has formed off Western Australia’s north-west coast
ABC NEWS (Australia)
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2/12/2025
A tropical cyclone has formed off the north-west coast of Western Australia. Residents in the Pilbara region are preparing for the potential impact.
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Tropical Cyclone Zelia has intensified this afternoon to a Category 2 system.
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It currently sits around 180km north of where I am in Port Hedland and it's moving slowly towards the south.
00:14
It's expected that sometime this week it will intensify to a Category 3 cyclone
00:19
before it crosses the coast around about Friday east of Port Hedland.
00:24
There is still a lot of uncertainty in the track of this cyclone however
00:28
and it could change if weather conditions do change as well.
00:32
There is a warning zone for people in an area bounded by Bidjadanga in the north
00:36
and Dampier in the far west and it extends inland to the towns of Marble Bar and Nullargyne.
00:42
People in this area might be expecting to see some really heavy rainfall
00:46
and really strong wind gusts as this system does approach the coast.
00:51
We heard from the Bureau of Meteorology a little bit earlier on what this system might bring.
00:56
If the system crosses the coast as a severe tropical system
01:00
we could see wind gusts in excess of 200km an hour.
01:04
But regardless of intensity we expect this system to produce very heavy rainfall
01:09
and areas close to the path could see in excess of 500mm over the course of this event.
01:15
That heavy rainfall is set to cause some river rises for coastal rivers here in the Pilbara
01:21
and combined with the heavy rainfall it could mean that some of the major arterial highways
01:26
like the Great Northern Highway and the Northwest Coastal Highway
01:29
could be cut off for a number of days, effectively cutting off the northern part of WA.
01:35
People are being warned to forego any non-essential travel
01:40
and to prepare their homes for the onset of potential cyclonic conditions.
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