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 .

The Port of Port Hedland , a highly important iron ore shipping terminal , was forced to close for about 52 hours , contributing Giving to inflated Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale iron ore prices and delayed Change_event_time shipments .

Less than 18 hours after peaking , the storm Self_motion made landfall roughly east of Port Hedland , Western Australia with winds of 100 km/h ( 65 mph ) .

The remnants of Magda persisted until 24 January , at which time they dissipated Dispersal east of Port Hedland .

Severe Tropical Cyclone Rusty was a strong , slow-moving Self_motion tropical cyclone that produced Creating record duration gale-force winds in Port Hedland , Western Australia in late February 2013 .