The Latest Breaking News from Cyclone Ilsa

A tropical cyclone smashed into Australia's northwest coast as a category 5 storm, setting new wind speed records, but has largely spared populated regions including the world's largest iron ore export hub at Port Hedland, authorities said on Friday.

One of the owners of Pardoo Roadhouse in Western Australia's Pilbara says his business has been "wiped out" by the now former tropical cyclone Ilsa, after the category five system barrelled over the region in the early hours of Friday morning, before heading inland and deteriorating to a tropical low…

The owners of a remote roadhouse smashed by Tropical Cyclone Ilsa have vowed to rebuild, despite a multimillion-dollar damage bill.

Australia’s most powerful tropical cyclone in eight years has lashed the sparsely populated northwest coast with winds gusting to 180 miles per hour

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Tropical Cyclone Ilsa, a category four system, has crossed the coast in Western Australia's northwest between De Grey and Pardoo Roadhouse.

Winds at the centre of the cyclone are thought to be around 196mph

Inland Pilbara communities could be heading into uncharted territory with Severe Tropical Cyclone Ilsa looking set to rip through the region at sustained strength.

Cyclone Ilsa is predicted to gather strength before making landfall on Western Australia’s northern coast.

Cyclone Ilsa is expected to reach category 5 before it hits the WA coast, the highest severity level