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Tracy is the most compact cyclone or equivalent-strength hurricane on record in the Australian basin and Southern Hemisphere, with gale-force winds extending only 48 kilometres (30 mi) from the centre, and was also the smallest tropical cyclone worldwide until 2008, when Tropical Storm Marco of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season broke the ...
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Pages in category "Cyclone Tracy" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
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]
1974 - Cyclone Tracy made landfall and passed directly over the city of Darwin, Australia. Tracy killed 71 people and caused catastrophic damage in and around the city. 2016 - Typhoon Nock-ten (pictured) makes landfall as a super typhoon over Bicol, Philippines, killing only 13 people. It was the strongest Christmas Day tropical cyclone worldwide.
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 ...
Cyclone Tracy (16 P) Pages in category "Tropical cyclones in the Northern Territory" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.
Cyclone Tracy (16 P) N. 1974 North Indian Ocean cyclone season (1 P) P. 1974 Pacific hurricane season (3 P) 1974 Pacific typhoon season (3 P) S. 1973–74 Southern ...