Properties Hit as Cyclone Triggers Record Rain

A supplied image shows wind damage caused by Tropical Cyclone Zelia, in Port Hedland, Western Australia, Feb. 14, 2025. AAP Image/Supplied by Tracey Heimberger

Properties have been damaged and large trees uprooted by an ex-tropical cyclone that’s still wreaking havoc in northern Australia, with record rainfall triggering significant flooding.

But one of the world’s busiest iron ore loading ports appears to have been spared the worst of the destruction.