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Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi (/ ˈ j ɑː s iː /) was a powerful and destructive tropical cyclone that made landfall in northern Queensland, Australia in early 2011, causing major damage to the affected areas.
The 2011–12 Australian region cyclone season was a below average tropical cyclone season, with 7 cyclones forming rather than the usual 11. It began on 1 November 2011, and ended on 14 May 2012. It began on 1 November 2011, and ended on 14 May 2012.
2011–12 Australian region cyclone season: Papua New Guinea, Northern Territory: 4 2 None None 2010–11 South Pacific cyclone season 2: Fiji, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Samoan Islands, Tonga: 15 7 >$33 million 14 2011–12 South Pacific cyclone season 3: Fiji, Niue, Cook Islands: 2 0 None None South Atlantic tropical ...
The most severe flood to take place along the Gascoyne River in Western Australia on record. 2010–2011 Flood: 2010–11 Queensland floods: 33 2,390,000,000 AUD 2011 Cyclone: Cyclone Yasi: 1 3,600,000,000 USD (2011) 2011 Flood: 2011 Victoria floods: 2 $2,000,000,000 AUD 2011 Flood: 2011 Wollongong floods: 0 2013 Bushfire: Tasmanian bushfires ...
The Australian region tropical cyclone basin is located to the south of the Equator between 90°E and 160°E and is officially monitored by the Indonesian Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi, dan Geofisika (BMKG), Australian Bureau of Meteorology and the Papua New Guinea National Weather Service. [1]
The 2010–11 Australian region cyclone season was a near average tropical cyclone season, with eleven tropical cyclones forming compared to an average of 12. The season was also the costliest recorded in the Australian region basin, with a total of $3.62 billion (2011 USD) in damages, mostly from the destructive Cyclone Yasi. [1]
There is a history of tropical cyclones affecting northeastern Australia for over 5000 years; however, Clement Lindley Wragge was the first person to monitor and name them. [ 2 ] In the early history of tropical cyclones in the Australian region, the only evidence of a storm was based on ship reports and observations from land.
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 ...