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About a dozen schools have been shut in WA’s north, and roads are set to be closed with the cyclone looming about 140km north of Port Hedland.
It is set to develop into a maximum category five strength and cross the coast west of Port Hedland on Friday night.
‘Possible threat to lives and homes’
The current category four system is developing wind gusts up to 250km/h.
Australia’s largest iron ore port at Port Hedland was shut down on Wednesday as the region braced for the incoming system.
‘Wet and wild Valentine’s Day’
“The airport is getting busy too, FIFO [fly in fly out] workers are flying out. Looks like it’s going to be a wet and wild Valentine’s Day.”
A clean-up is continuing in north Queensland after record rainfall eased following almost two weeks of flooding that resulted in two lives lost and forced hundreds to evacuate.
