SYDNEY: Severe Cyclone Zelia has made landfall near Australia’s iron ore export hub, bringing heavy rainfall and damaging wind gusts, with the system threatening big mines and crucial rail links as it tracks inland.

Tropical Cyclone Zelia made landfall on Australia's west coast on Friday, the weather bureau said, lashing the world's largest iron ore hub with heavy rain and wind gusts up to 290 kph (180 mph).

Port Hedland's port, the world's biggest iron ore export point, was closed on Wednesday, while the ports of Dampier and Varanus Island, a gathering and processing hub for oil and