SYDNEY: Severe Cyclone Zelia has made landfall near Australia’s iron ore export hub, bringing heavy rainfall and damaging wind gusts, with the system threatening big mines and crucial rail links as it tracks inland.
The powerful cyclone crossed the coast to the east of Port Hedland, the nation’s biggest iron ore export harbour, packing very destructive wind gusts of up to 290km (180 miles) per hour near its center, according to the Bureau of Meteorology. Winds that strong flatten structures and buckle power lines.
