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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.
Australia's deadliest tropical cyclone on record, and possibly most intense, was Cyclone Mahina, which made landfall on Bathurst Bay in the northeastern state of Queensland. A ship, the Crest of the Wave , recorded a minimum pressure of 880 mbar (26 inHg), making it a Category 5 on the Australian region tropical cyclone scale and one of the ...
Western Australia: N/A: None: Nicholas (1985) Winifred: 27 January – 5 February 1986: 155 km/h (100 mph) 957 hPa (28.26 inHg) Queensland $ 130 million: 2: Rhonda (1986) Manu: 21–27 April 1986: 130 km/h (80 mph) 970 hPa (28.64 inHg) Papua New Guinea, Queensland: Extensive: None [29] Namu (1986) Connie: 15 – 23 January 1987: 155 km/h (100 ...
A tropical low slowly moving toward northeast Australia reached cyclone strength on Wednesday and will bring flooding into Queensland state into the weekend. Tropical Cyclone Kirrily was moving ...
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]
The deadliest cyclone to have its named retired was Cyclone Freddy in 2023, which killed 1,434 people across the Indian Ocean, while the most damaging system to have its name retired was Cyclone Gabrielle in 2023, which left A$12.6 billion (US$8.4 billion 2023 USD) in losses.
Pages in category "Tropical cyclones in Queensland" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
A collage of the ten deadliest tropical cyclones worldwide since 1990 This is a list of the deadliest tropical cyclones , including all known storms that caused at least 1,000 direct deaths. There were at least 76 tropical cyclones in the 20th century with a death toll of 1,000 or more, including the deadliest tropical cyclone in recorded history.