‘Everyone is locked in their house’: WA braces for flash flooding as ‘destructive’ Cyclone Zelia makes landfall

Category-five system is expected to bring extremely damaging and destructive winds, Bureau of Meteorology warnsTrack the path of Tropical Cyclone ZeliaFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTropical Cyclone Zelia has made landfall along the Pilbara coast as a category five system, bringing with it destructive wind gusts of up to 290km/h, with the weather bureau warning it is now too late to leave.The system is currently moving in a south-easterly direction, at around 11km/h, with the core of the system impacting the coast as of 1pm AWST, moving faster than authorities had warned earlier on Friday.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

‘Everyone is locked in their house’: WA braces for flash flooding as ‘destructive’ Cyclone Zelia makes landfall

Category-five system is expected to bring extremely damaging and destructive winds, Bureau of Meteorology warns

Tropical Cyclone Zelia has made landfall along the Pilbara coast as a category five system, bringing with it destructive wind gusts of up to 290km/h, with the weather bureau warning it is now too late to leave.

The system is currently moving in a south-easterly direction, at around 11km/h, with the core of the system impacting the coast as of 1pm AWST, moving faster than authorities had warned earlier on Friday.

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