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Severe Tropical Cyclone Althea was a powerful tropical cyclone that devastated parts of North Queensland just before Christmas 1971. One of the strongest storms ever to affect the Townsville area, Althea was the fourth system and second severe tropical cyclone of the 1971–72 Australian region cyclone season .
Tropical Cyclone Althea was a Category 4 cyclone when it hit the coast some 50 km north of Magnetic Island and Townsville in North Queensland on December 24, 1971. [1] Althea produced peak gust wind speeds between 123 and 145 miles per hour (197 and 233 km/h). Three people died and property damage was estimated at A$115 million loss (1990 value).
1822 – Reverend Archibald Macarthur, the first Presbyterian minister in Australia, arrives in Hobart. 1971 – Cyclone Althea hits Townsville and surrounding islands, killing three. 1972 – The official highest maximum temperature in Queensland, of 49.5°C (121.1°F), is recorded at Birdsville. 1974 – Cyclone Tracy devastates the city of ...
The Bureau of Meteorology said tropical cyclone Kirrily will cross the coast near the tourist town of Townsville on Thursday night, bringing with it wind gusts of up to 165 km (103 miles) per hour ...
Western Australia: Unknown: Unknown [50] Magda: 18 – 24 January 2010: 130 km/h (80 mph) 975 hPa (28.79 inHg) Western Australia: Unknown: Unknown [51] Paul: 24 March – 2 April 2010: 130 km/h (80 mph) 971 hPa (28.67 inHg) Northern Territory: Unknown: Unknown [52] Dianne: 14 – 22 February 2011: 140 km/h (85 mph) 960 hPa (28.35 inHg) Western ...
Cyclone Althea was a severe tropical cyclone that devastated parts of North Queensland just before Christmas during the 1971–72 Australian region cyclone season. The fourth system and second severe tropical cyclone of the season, Althea was one of the strongest storms ever to affect the Townsville area.
Residents have begun battening down homes and businesses with Tropical Cyclone Kirrily forecast to cross the Australian northeast coast on Thursday, bringing destructive winds and flooding rain.
The Australian region tropical cyclone basin is located to the south of the Equator between 90°E and 160°E. [1] The basin is officially monitored by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology as well as the Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG), and the Papua New Guinea National Weather Service. [1]