Cyclone Ilsa battered the western coast of Australia with wind windspeeds reaching recording-breaking 218km/h—a feat set 10 years ago in the same place. The tropical cyclone made a landfall between De Grey and Pardoo Roadhouse as a highest-severity category 5 storm on Monday, according to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology.

Cyclone Ilsa batters Western Australia, breaks decade-old wind record, brings trail of destruction

Authorities issued warnings along the northwestern coast of Australia as a severe tropical cyclone lashed with increasing rains and strong winds of up to 275 kilometer per hour (170 miles per hour).

'Everyone is on edge': In Cyclone Ilsa, Australia braces for strongest tropical cyclone of decade

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Cyclone Ilsa batters Western Australia, breaks decade-old wind record, brings trail of destruction

'Everyone is on edge': In Cyclone Ilsa, Australia braces for strongest tropical cyclone of decade