Ultimately intensifying Cause_change_of_strength into an upper-end Category 3 severe tropical cyclone Catastrophe with maximum sustained Damaging 10-minute winds of 155 km/h ( 100 mph ) , Lua made landfall Arriving near the remote community of Pardoo , about 150 km ( 95 mi ) east of Port Hedland .

It began Process_start to undergo explosive intensification Expansion the following day , and in a 30-hour span ending Process_end early on 7 April , the storm Self_motion 's maximum 10-minute sustained wind speed increased Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale from 75 km/h ( 45 mph ) to 225 km/h ( 140 mph ) and its barometric pressure decreased Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale to 900 hPa ( mbar ) .

Subsequently , the cyclone Catastrophe strengthened Cause_change_of_strength to reach Arriving peak 10-minute sustained winds of 140 km/h ( 85 mph ) .

Once over the warm waters of the sea , the system quickly intensified Cause_change_of_strength , attaining Achieve its peak 10-minute winds of 110 km/h ( 70 mph ) and 1-minute winds of 140 km/h ( 85 mph ) .

On 23 March , the Bureau of Meteorology ( BoM ) estimated Statement peak 10-minute sustained winds of 220 km/h ( 140 mph ) .

The system subsequently affected Influence the Solomon Islands Temotu Province during that day , before it peaked Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale with 10-minute sustained wind speeds of .

The following day , Alan reached Achieve its estimated peak intensity with 10-minute maximum sustained wind speeds of , posing Causation several forecasting challenges due to difficulties in establishing Building its location and intensity .

The storm Catastrophe rapidly deepened Cause_change_of_strength as it approached Arriving the coast of Western Australia , and attained Achieve its peak intensity of 925 mbar ( hPa ; 27.32 inHg ) at 0900 UTC on 24 February with 10-minute maximum sustained winds of 195 km/h ( 120 mph ) .