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Townsville was declared a state of emergency that night. [4] Rain had eased a little by the 11th but still had some heavy rain pass through, Ex-Cyclone Sid, a weak surface low was still just to the north of Townsville during Monday 12 January and by midday the trough had redeveloped again and heavy rain moved into the city for the rest of the ...
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.
A total of 16 cyclones are listed down below reaching/surpassing an intensity of 920 hPa (27.17 inHg), with most of them occurring during El Niño seasons. Tropical cyclones that have been recorded since the start of the 1969–70 Tropical Cyclone year and have reached their peak intensity to the west of 160E are included in the list.
The Bureau of Meteorology said tropical cyclone Kirrily will cross the coast near the tourist town of Townsville on Thursday night, bringing with it wind gusts of up to 165 km (103 miles) per hour.
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The tropical cyclone seasons that occur in the Southern Hemisphere are: South-West Indian Ocean tropical cyclone. Current – 2024–25 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season; Australian region tropical cyclone. Current – 2024–25 Australian region cyclone season; South Pacific tropical cyclone. Current – 2024–25 South Pacific cyclone season
A powerful storm that met the definition of a bomb cyclone on Thursday morning brought extreme wind and rain to the East Coast Wednesday night. The storm's pressure dipped the required 0.71 of an ...
The 2019 Townsville flood was a major flood event that occurred in the city of Townsville and surrounding areas, on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. [1] Townsville has endured around 20 major flooding events since colonial settlement in the 1860s, but the 2019 event was one of the worst natural disasters to ever impact the region. [ 2 ]