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August 23, 1863: A Category 1 hurricane hit Nova Scotia just before losing tropical characteristics. September 23–24, 1866: A hurricane hit Newfoundland after weakening from a Category 2 hurricane. October 5, 1869: The 1869 Saxby Gale struck Canada's Bay of Fundy region damaging parts of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, killing 37 people offshore.
Many buildings in Cairns suffered severe water damage including the Cairns Hospital. Cairns recorded its wettest February on record with the suburb of Manunda measuring 1,462.7 mm (57.59 in) and Bartle Frere recording 3,376 mm (132.9 in). [1] Wind gusts up to 140 km/h (87 mph) caused several buildings in Cairns and Kuranda to lose their roofs.
Eastern and Central Canada 6 2 Industrial explosion [47] [48] [49] 2022 September 23–24 Hurricane Fiona: Hurricane Atlantic Canada: Eastern Canada 3 $660 million in insured damage making Fiona the most costly storm to hit Canada [50] [51] 2023 February 13 2023 East Ottawa explosion Explosion Ottawa, Ontario Eastern Canada 0 12 [52] 2023 March ...
Queen Elizabeth’s visit to Cairns in March 1954 was enthusiastically attended by an estimated 40,000 people, twice the official population, showing their loyalty to the British monarch. [86] Scenes of Cairns that featured extensively in the official film of the Queen's visit to Australia increased international awareness of the district. [87]
In Innisfail, the cyclone ruined 90% of the town's crops, [24] and over 20 houses sustained wind damage. [25] Banana farmers in the Cairns region lost a combined total of 1.2 million bunches of the fruit. Collectively, crop damage totalled over A$ 70 million, mostly to sugar cane and banana.
Hurricane Fiona was a large, powerful, and destructive tropical cyclone which was the most intense post-tropical cyclone to hit Canada on record. It was also the costliest cyclone to hit the country until this record was broken by Debby in 2024 .
Tropical Cyclone Jasper was slowly making landfall around the town of Wujal Wujal, roughly 115 km (72 miles) northeast of the popular tourist destination of Cairns at 3 p.m. (0500 GMT), bringing ...
The 1918 Innisfail cyclone made landfall in the area around Innisfail, Queensland, Australia on 10 March 1918. It was more severe than the earlier Mackay storm. Only 12 houses survived being unroofed or totally destroyed. Damage was also sustained in Cairns, 100 km to the north, and inland to the Atherton Tableland.