Tropical Cyclone Ilsa has crossed Western Australia’s northwest coast with winds at its centre reaching 195km/h. 7NEWS
Iron ore port and rail operations were suspended at Australia’s busiest and biggest port and ships sent away, as the powerful cyclone tracked closer to the regional centre ofIlsa - downgraded from a category five storm as it moved over land - was affecting the coast shortly before midnight on Thursday between Bidyadanga and Port Hedland, with extreme wind gusts of up to 250km/h passing to the east of the mining town between De Grey and Pardoo Roadhouse.
“Fortunately it looks like the system is going to cross in a relatively unpopulated part of the coast,” he said. She said her family and staff would sit out the cyclone together and expected to be flooded in by swollen rivers after it passed.It is expected to maintain tropical cyclone intensity as it tracks inland towards the mining town of Telfer before starting to weaken to below tropical cyclone strength as it crosses into the Northern Territory on Friday night.
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