Details of Severe Tropical Cyclone Zelia 18U at 8:00 pm AWST:
Intensity: Category 5, sustained winds near the centre of 205 kilometres per hour with wind gusts to 285 kilometres per hour.
Location: within 20 kilometres of 19.3 degrees South 118.2 degrees East, estimated to be 120 kilometres north northwest of Port Hedland and 210 kilometres northeast of Karratha.
Movement: slow moving.
Severe Tropical Cyclone Zelia (category 5) is slow moving to the north of Port Hedland. It is forecast to move south towards the coast on Friday. Destructive wind gusts are likely for communities on the Pilbara coast from as early as Friday morning but more likely during Friday afternoon as Zelia nears the coast. The very destructive inner core of the cyclone will most likely cross the coast between De Grey and Karratha during Friday afternoon or evening. Heavy rainfall is expected on the coast overnight and during Friday. Rainfall will become intense near and to the east of the centre of the cyclone as it crosses the coast.
