Zelia was a tropical cyclone over Australia Friday afternoon Australian Western Time, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center said in its latest advisory. The tropical cyclone had sustained wind speeds of 121 miles per hour, which would make it a Category 3 hurricane if it were in the Atlantic Ocean.

Cyclone Zelia makes landfall in Western Australia as residents told its ‘too late to evacuate’ - Rapidly intensifying to the highest Category 5 level, Zelia packed wind speeds of up to 290kmph