Cyclone Zelia

Severe Tropical Cyclone Zelia was a powerful tropical cyclone that impacted Western Australia's Pilbara region in mid-February 2025. The fifteenth tropical low, fifth tropical cyclone, fourth severe tropical cyclone, and first Category 5 tropical cyclone of the 2024–25 Australian region cyclone season, Zelia originated as a tropical low near the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The tropical low began to organize while slowly moving westward and was later upgraded to Cyclone Zelia. Zelia turned to the southwest and began to rapidly intensify. The cyclone then peaked with 1-minute maximum sustained winds of 130 kn. Zelia then began to gradually weaken while turning southeast toward the coast of Western Australia and made landfall with 10-minute maximum sustained winds of 95 kn. As Zelia continued to track inland, it rapidly weakened to a tropical low and dissipated.