Good night for now

And that's where we'll leave our live coverage of the aftermath of Cyclone Zelia and the flooding it's causing.

You can still tune in to ABC Radio,where the ABC Emergency team will keep you up to date.

You can also catch up on today's developments down below.

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Coongan River bursts its banks

Marble Bar residents told the ABC the main part of the town had avoided major flooding, but the Coongan River had well and truly burst its banks, affecting outlying areas.

Kath Nation, who runs the Marble Bar caravan park, said she'd never seen the river so full before.

"We went out to flying fox [lookout] and my god we took a shot from up there and it was the highest we've seen it."

Watch: Parts of Marble Bar inundated

Authorities are warning of rising flood waters in Marble Bar, where a flood watch and act warning is in place.

DFES says major flooding is occurring along the Coongan River, which runs through the town.

This dramatic footage shows houses, trucks, sheds and other outbuildings on properties along Garden Road inundated.

When will floodwaters recede?

There’s a lot of water around and DFES deputy incident controller William Blackshaw said it was impossible to say when floodwaters would recede.

“We’ve had a significant amount of rain and in some cases I’ve seen reports of up to 600mm so far for various places,” he said.

“The thing that is working for us at the moment is that the weather over the next few days looks pretty favourable.

“We are not expecting any significant thunderstorms or significant rainfall.”

Mr Blackshaw again reminded people not to enter floodwaters.

“Just because the cyclone has dissipated, doesn’t mean the hazards have gone away,” he said.

“We want to make sure people don’t drive into floodwaters. That puts themselves and our responders at risk, and we want to make sure they are safe in the community.”

The latest from DFES

We’ve had an update this afternoon from DFES deputy incident controller William Blackshaw, who says the focus is now on  determining where to allocate resources.

“That’s about trying to find out what the damage is, reconnaissance of the areas that we expect there to be damaged … and visiting outlying cattle stations, remote communities and ensuring the welfare of those people is foremost in our mind,” he said.

“There does appear to be some significant damage to some of the remote stations.”

Mr Blackshaw said it does not appear the town of Warralong has been entirely inundated by floodwaters, but evacuations had been necessary to keep the community safe.

Evacuees in good spirits

Community leader Clarrie Robinson was among the 63 people evacuated from Warralong to South Hedland due to flooding.

Mr Robinson said he saw trees uprooted across the community, but no damage to houses.

He said the community was in good spirits.

“All the families and the whole community was excited to jump on a rescue helicopter,” he said.

A narrow escape

Port Hedland residents Zach Green and Bobbi Lockyer had planned to wait out the cyclone at home, but made the last minute decision to shelter with family nearby.

Their home narrowly avoided being struck by a tree.

“We just came around the corner and saw the tree and just realised how lucky we were that it’s landed in between the house and Bobbi’s studio as well,” Mr Green said.

“We are just very, very lucky the whole of Hedland dodged a bullet with not getting the eye of cat five.”

Ms Lockyer was putting on a brave face for her three children, but said inside she felt terrified.

“When we left the house, I kind of said my goodbyes and thought we weren’t going to come back to a house,” she said.

“It was a rollercoaster of emotions. Even though we were as prepared as we could be … it was so much uncertainty.

“We were just grateful that we were together and the kids were safe.”

More on Warralong community

 We're getting some more vision in now of those evacuations from the Warralong community, about 50km north of Marble Bar.

You can see residents being evacuated, and some more pictures of just how flooded the community is.

Rainfall update

In the 24 hours to 9am, rainfall totals have reached close to 300mm in parts of the Pilbara. 

The Upper North Pole gauge, south-east of Port Hedland, had the highest falls with a whopping 278mm, followed by Marble Bar which had 203mm. 

This picture is of Marble Bar Pool, just west of the town, a popular swimming spot now inundated by floodwaters.

It's on the Coongan River, which peaked at 10.2 metres, nearly two metres higher than the previous recod of 8.3 metres.

Flooding, trees uprooted in Port Hedland

Our reporters on the ground are working hard to update you on what’s happening.

Courtney Withers took these snaps, showing cyclone and flood damage in and around Port Hedland: