SYDNEY, Feb 6 (Reuters) – Australia’s Pilbara Ports said on Friday that Port Hedland, the world’s biggest iron ore export hub, and the Western Australia ports of Ashburton, Cape Preston West, Dampier and Varanus Island were being cleared due to the threat of a cyclone.
Pilbara Ports said Australia’s weather bureau had warned a tropical low off Western Australia’s coast could develop into a tropical cyclone by Saturday morning.
“The system is already developing slightly faster than forecast. Gales are expected over the southern quadrants from tonight,” it said in a statement.
(Reporting by Renju Jose in Sydney; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)