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The cyclone crossed near the Aboriginal community of Wujal Wujal, 110 kilometers (68 miles) north of the city of Cairns, though many of its 300 residents evacuated before Jasper struck. Katrina ...
Severe Tropical Cyclone Jasper was the wettest tropical cyclone in Australian history, surpassing Cyclone Peter of 1979. [2] The third disturbance of the 2023–24 South Pacific cyclone season and the first named storm and severe tropical cyclone of the 2023–24 Australian region cyclone season, Jasper was first noted as an area of low pressure located in the South Pacific Ocean, which was ...
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 ...
Following the cyclone a three-year plan was implemented by Cairns City Council to upgrade the gardens. This included the redevelopment of the Munro-Martin Fernery and the orchid propagation house; tree labelling including Braille tree labels; continuation of botanic records; construction of paving; and an Aboriginal wild food walk. A restaurant ...
[67] [68] Tropical Cyclone Lincoln formed on 16 February and made landfall on the Gulf of Carpentaria coast. [69] Severe Tropical Cyclone Neville formed north of the Cocos Islands [70] on 1 March and left the basin 20 days later. [71] Severe Tropical Cyclone Megan formed on 13 March from a tropical low over the coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria ...
Cairns (/ ˈ k ɛər n z / ⓘ; Yidiny: Gimuy) is a city in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia, [2] on the tropical north east coast of Far North Queensland.In the 2021 census, Cairns had a population of 153,181 people.
Both agricultural and residential areas can be affected. A network of rainfall and river height field stations was established in 1995 to provide a flood warning system for the Cairns City Council. [13] Heavy rain associated with a cyclone early in 1939 caused substantial flooding on the Barron River and resulted in the river changing its course.
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]