Tropical Cyclone Ilsa leaves Pilbara station owners picking up the pieces

Clean-up efforts have begun on Warrawagine Station after the passage of the storm. (Supplied: Lux Lethbridge)

Pastoralists in Western Australia's Pilbara region are picking up the pieces after Ex Tropical Cyclone Ilsa left a trail of "total destruction and devastation" in its path.

The category five system delivered record-breaking sustained wind speeds as it tracked towards the coast before making landfall between De Grey and Pardoo Roadhouse in the early hours of Friday morning,