Tropical Cyclone Zelia now category 5

Cyclone Zelia rated as category five — the highest on the scale — but what exactly does this mean?
As Tropical Cyclone Zelia bears down on the Pilbara, we examine what makes a cyclone a 'category five', the most extreme storm on the scale.
Tracking Tropical Cyclone Zelia
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Tropical cyclone forces closure of ports in Western Australia's Pilbara region
Western Australia's ports of Dampier and Varanus Island will be closed at 6 p.m. (1000 GMT) on Thursday due to Tropical Cyclone Zelia, the ports' operator said, with emergency services in the state warning of the potential for significant damage.
Tropical cyclone Zelia: Bureau of Meteorology forecast cyclone to make landfall on Friday night
Tropical cyclone Zelia has developed into a category five system, prompting warnings there is a ‘significant threat to lives and homes’ in the Pilbara.
Powerful Tropical Cyclone Zelia Churns Toward Northwest Australia
The storm is expected to make landfall late Friday, with wind gusts of up to 180 miles per hour. A port crucial to the global economy has shut down.
Schools close, flights canceled as Tropical Cyclone Zelia to hit Western Australia
Authorities in Western Australia closed schools and ports on Thursday and canceled flights due to Tropical Cyclone Zelia, which has been upgraded to the strongest possible Category 5 storm, public broadcaster ABC News reported.
Safety is Rio Tinto’s priority as Tropical Cyclone Zelia intensifies
Rio Tinto is prioritising the safety of its people as Tropical Cyclone Zelia heads toward the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
WA braces for Tropical Cyclone Zelia to make landfall
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Cyclone Zelia Gains Strength as It Crawls Toward Australia's West Coast
Tropical Cyclone Zelia intensified to a Category 4 storm as it moved toward the Western Australia coast on February 13, with officials warning it could become a Category 5 storm before making landfall on Friday.
Tropical Cyclone Zelia rapidly strengthens near Australia, could reach Category 5 before landfall
Tropical Cyclone Zelia rapidly strengthened off the coast of Western Australia on Wednesday. The Bureau of Meteorology, Australia's national weather service, said the cyclone was Category 4 on Wednesday,
Severe Tropical Cyclone Zelia hits category 5 strength as Port Hedland battens down
Authorities provide an update as Cyclone Zelia intensifies to category five system and the Bureau of Meteorology says it is ...
Rio clears Cape Lambert, Dampier Ports and salt operations ahead of cyclone
Rio Tinto (RIO) announced Tropical Cyclone Zelia has intensified to a Category 5 system, with the Bureau of Meteorology forecasting it will ...
Severe Tropical Cyclone Zelia 18U: Driver rescued after truck washed off bridge, submerged in water
Emergency services have rescued a truck driver from floodwaters after a road train washed off a bridge and became partially ...
Schools shut, roads closed as WA prepares for destructive category-five cyclone
A cyclone approaching Australia's coast has intensified into a destructive category-five storm. "It doesn't get any worse ...
Tropical Cyclone Zelia: Rio Tinto, BHP, Fortescue halt exports as category five brews off Pilbara coast
WA’s major iron ore producers are battening down the hatches in anticipation of a category five cyclone that’s due to strike ...
Tropical Cyclone Zelia to intensify from category three to five on Thursday and bring winds of up to 160km/h, heavy rain
Residents in Western Australia's north-west coast have been told to prepare for Tropical Cyclone Zelia to intensify from a category three to five storm on Thursday.