Tropical cyclone glenda , the second destructive storm to hit australia in 10 days , had earlier forced the evacuation of hundreds of people in larger towns , shut down oil and gas rigs and disrupted iron ore shipments in the region . meteorologists said the eye of the cyclone passed over the town of onslow , 1 , 390 km 860 miles north of the western australia state capital of perth , at 9 p . m . local time 以及铁砂矿开采作业已经停止预计这股热带气旋将在未来几小时之内到达位于澳洲西南海滨度假城市珀斯以北950英里约合1520公里的卡拉瑟市karratha以及澳洲西部拥有1 . 2万人的毕尔巴拉pilbara地区。
