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Tropical Cyclone Records from the Global Weather & Climate Extremes (World Meteorological Organization) Bureau of Meteorology, Australian Cyclone History; Discussion of size extremes for tropical cyclones near Australia Archived 2016-01-21 at the Wayback Machine "FAQ : Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Tropical Cyclones".
Cyclone Marcus at peak intensity on 21 March 2018, over the Indian Ocean to the west of Australia. Category 5 severe tropical cyclones are tropical cyclones that reach Category 5 intensity on the Australian tropical cyclone intensity scale within the Australian region. They are by definition the strongest tropical cyclones that can form on Earth.
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]
Cyclone Mahina was the deadliest cyclone in recorded Australian history, and also potentially the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere. Mahina struck Bathurst Bay , Cape York Peninsula , colonial Queensland , on 4 March 1899, and its winds and enormous storm surge combined to kill more than 300 people.
Tropical cyclones are non-frontal, low-pressure systems that develop, within an environment of warm sea surface temperatures and little vertical wind shear aloft. [1] Within the Australian region, names are assigned from three pre-determined lists, to such systems, once they reach or exceed ten–minute sustained wind speeds of 65 km/h (40 mph), near the center, by either the Australian Bureau ...
Collectively, tropical cyclones caused more than US$1.2 trillion in damage, unadjusted for inflation, and have killed more than 2.6 million people. Most of these deaths were caused by a few deadly cyclones, including the 1737 Calcutta cyclone , the 1839 Coringa cyclone , the 1931 Shanghai typhoon , the 1970 Bhola cyclone , Typhoon Nina in 1975 ...
A map of all tropical cyclone tracks, encompassing the period between the years 1985 and 2005. This is a list of wettest tropical cyclones by country , using all known available sources. Data is most complete for Australia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Japan, Hong Kong , Mexico, Taiwan, Micronesia 's Yap and Chuuk , and the United States, with ...
Cyclone Monica was the most intense cyclone on record in terms of wind speed to cross the Australian coast. It impacted the Northern Territory and Far North Queensland in April 2006. In January 2011, Cyclone Yasi passed over Tully and resulted in an estimated $3.6 billion worth of damage, making it the costliest cyclone ever to hit Australia. [20]