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Wind readings

 * Karratha Airport: 145 km/h at 06:24 UTC on 8 February, with a gust to 194 km/h at 06:31 UTC on 8 February
 * Roebourne Airport: 115 km/h at 11:11 UTC on 8 February, with a gust to 161 km/h at 11:19 UTC on 8 February
 * Legendre Island: 111 km/h with a gust to 143 km/h at 05:00 UTC on 8 February
 * Varanus Island: 82 km/h at 00:30 UTC on 8 February, with a gust to 106 km/h at 22:25 UTC on 7 February
 * Bedout Island: 78 km/h at 09:08 UTC on 6 February and 16:36 UTC on 7 February, with a gust to 96 km/h at 09:08 UTC on 6 February
 * Solomon Airport: 74 km/h with a gust to 130 km/h at 19:33 UTC on 8 February
 * Barrow Island: 70 km/h with a gust to 91 km/h at 02:06 UTC on 8 February
 * Rowley Shoals: 70 km/h at 18:00 UTC on 6 February, with a gust to 89 km/h at 17:40 UTC on 6 February
 * Mardie: 65 km/h at 09:00 UTC on 8 February, with a gust to 91 km/h at 09:07 UTC on 8 February
 * Port Hedland: 56 km/h at 21:00 UTC on 7 February, with a gust to 83 km/h at 01:30 UTC on 8 February
 * Paraburdoo: 56 km/h at 02:00 UTC on 9 February, with a gust to 83 km/h at 23:08 UTC on 8 February
 * Onslow Airport: 52 km/h with a gust to 70 km/h at 03:06 UTC on 8 February
 * Karijini North: 50 km/h at 20:00 UTC on 8 February, with a gust to 80 km/h at 20:19 UTC on 8 February
 * Degrussa Aerodrome: 50 km/h with a gust to 67 km/h at 15:30 UTC on 9 February
 * Coondewanna: 48 km/h with a gust to 72 km/h at 22:00 UTC on 8 February

Pilbara

 * Major: Maitland River at Miaree Pool
 * Moderate: Ashburton River at Capricorn Range
 * Minor: Nullagine River at Tumbinna Pool
 * Minor: Shaw River at North Pole Mine
 * Minor: Fortescue River at Gregory Gorge
 * Minor: Fortescue River at Bilanoo Pool

Gascoyne–Murchison

 * Moderate: Gascoyne River at Yinetharra Crossing
 * Minor: Gascoyne River at Pells Island
 * Minor: Lyons River at Lyons River Crossing
 * Minor: Gascoyne River at Fishy Pool

News reports

 * ABC News: Karratha Airport damaged by fallen trees and flooding, police station damaged, four burglaries during cyclone, television outages due to damaged antannae and transmitter cables, roads flooded near Paraburdoo, boats damaged at Port Walcott Yacht Club
 * ABC News: Made landfall at 3:30 p.m., roof damage to houses, fences knocked down, phone reception outages, trees uprooted across Karratha, damage to hotels, unsecured objects blown around (including a refrigerator), roads flooded in Karratha, more than 100 calls for assistance to DFES, strongest winds observed in Karratha since 1989
 * ABC News: Pilbara hit by magnitude 4.3 earthquake at 09:24 UTC on 10 February, schools remained closed and power was still out in some areas on 11 February, mobile phone connection was still down in Roebourne due to issues with six transmission sites, Millstream Chichester and Karijini National Parks will be closed for a week due to debris and damage to roads from flooding, the rain filled the critically low Harding Dam, Robe River near Pannawonica reached highest level in more than a decade, Beasley River near Paraburdoo overflowed for the first time since March 2008, cleanup and recovery likely to take months
 * ABC News: Damien is the strongest system in WA since Christine
 * The West Australian: Roofs damages, windows smashed, trees uprooted, electricity lost to 9500 customers in coastal Pilbara area
 * The West Australian: All 22 schools in the Pilbara closed from Friday 7 February, Aviair cancelled flights from Port Hedland to Newman and Karratha, ports at Walcott, Cape Preston, Barrow Island and Varanus Island closed from 22:00 UTC on 6 February, sandbags distributed to residents by Karratha SES
 * news.com.au: 11 schools in Pilbara remained closed on 10 February, mining companies had continued suspension of some operations while it was unsafe to resume work, Karratha Mayor requested financial aid from the State and Federal goverments for disaster relief efforts
 * Australian Mining: Port of Port Hedland was closed for more than 25 hours, including a stage four cyclone shutdown from 10:00 UTC on 7 February until 04:30 UTC on 8 February, the port of Dampier was closed for 52 hours from 04:00 UTC on 7 February until 08:00 UTC on 9 February, port of Ashburton was also closed, several airports in the Pilbara which service mining company operations received large amounts of rainfall
 * ABC News: Karratha Station received average annual rainfall in just two days, flooding at Karratha Station expected to cause livestock losses due to accessibility issues, winds caused damage to Karratha Station property including knocking over a three-trailer road train
 * Brisbane Times: Cyclone Damien is expected to have an impact on the Australian federal budget and the possibility of returning to surplus due to impacts on the iron ore export industry
 * ABC News: Mt Augustus Station and other areas of upper Gascoyne affected by unexpected flooding of Lyons River on 12–13 February, machinery and equipment inundated due to lack of warning resulting in tens of thousands of dollars in damage, vehicles flooded, light aircraft and hangar half submerged in water, tourist shop damaged and stock lost, need for more remote monitoring of rainfall and river levels raised with Department of Water and Environmental Regulation
 * Share Cafe: Rio Tinto suffered damage to infrastructure across their entire Pilbara network, including roads, communications and electrical equipment, and accommodation; the cyclone has caused the company to delay shipments of at least 6 million tonnes of iron ore
 * Markets Insider: Iron ore closing price on 11 February was US$83.36, making 6 million tonnes worth US$500 million
 * Australian Mining: The DeGrussa copper and gold mine operated by Sandfire Resources suffered flood damage from heavy rainfall; damaged items included a piece of underground mining equipment, a light vehicle and erosion to a road surface; despite disruption, no reduction in production is expected for 2020
 * Reuters: Port closures have caused delays to LNG shipments from the Pilbara region; Woodside Energy cancelled two LNG shipments due to the cyclone; port closures caused a queue of 13 cargo vessels waiting to be loaded with LNG at facilities operated by Woodside and Chevron
 * Australian Aviation: Information on cancellations and delays caused by damage at Karratha Airport

Other sources

 * Ex-Damien still active on 10 February
 * Damien dissipated by 06:00 UTC on 11 February