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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.
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.
Canada's only confirmed F5 tornado occurred in Elie, Manitoba on June 22, 2007. This is a list of notable tornadoes, tornado outbreaks, and tornado outbreak sequences that have occurred in Canada in the 21st century (2001 through 2100). Due to increasing detection, particularly in the US and southern Canada, numbers of counted tornadoes have ...
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.
Severe Tropical Cyclone Justin was a destructive and erratic tropical cyclone which caused seven deaths and had a major economic impact in northern Queensland, Australia. It had a long 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 -week life from 6 March to 24 March 1997.
The cyclone was initially measured as a Category 4 storm, but forecasters upgraded it in April 2019 after conducting a detailed post-storm analysis.. At least 74 deaths were attributed to the ...
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 ...
June 30 - Canada's deadliest twister hit Regina, Saskatchewan. Known as the Regina Cyclone, it was an F4 tornado that devastated the city. More than 300 people were injured and 28 people killed. The total cost of damage was estimated to be around $4.5 million (nearly $117M in 2019). 1915. June 25 - an F4 tornado struck near Medicine Hat, Alberta.