Severe Tropical Cyclone Catastrophe Lua affected Influence a sparsely populated region of Western Australia during mid-March 2012 .

However , it gradually organised Arranging , and received Receiving the name Name_conferral Lua on 13 March .

After the cyclone Catastrophe drifted Motion northwestward , a building Building ridge of high pressure to the north drove Motion Lua southeastward toward the Pilbara region .

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 .

Overall , Lua is attributed Causation to $ 217 million ( 2012 AUD ; $ 230 million 2012 USD ) in lost Earnings_and_losses revenue .

Lua produced Manufacturing strong winds and widespread Judgment_communication rainfall Motion on land , but damage Damaging was limited Limiting by the lack of population in the storm Catastrophe 's path .

The Government of Western Australia provided Supply disaster relief funds to the hardest-hit areas , and `` Lua '' was later retired Removing from the list of tropical cyclone Catastrophe names .