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The morning of the 11th has been described as the worst devastation in the city since Cyclone Althea in 1971. [4] Most roads in the city were impassable; the Bruce Highway was closed to the north and south of the city as were all rail links as at the time they were still under water; the airport was closed to all commercial traffic as the runway was under water, and the navigation aids still ...
The cyclone killed two people in Townsville: one man was crushed when his home collapsed, and another suffered a stress-related heart attack. [14] Although the worst of the storm struck near low tide, the combination of a large storm surge and high waves caused widespread damage along the coast. [1]
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.
Ida is now the sixth-costliest tropical cyclone on record. [8] 2021 Heat wave: 229 ≥$8.9 billion 2021 Western North America heat wave: Western North America: Around 600 excess deaths in the United States 2021 Floods and tornado outbreak: 3 $1.56 million (tornadoes), $51.7 million (floods) Midwestern U.S. floods and tornado outbreak of June 2021
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.
Cyclone Leonta was a tropical cyclone that caused severe damage in North Queensland on 9 March 1903. It lasted for around twelve hours, and was the most damaging cyclone ever to hit Townsville at that time, surpassing Cyclone Sigma of 1896, with approximately 14 lives lost (12 in Townsville and 2 in Charters Towers).
Wildfires began breaking out in Southern California Tuesday morning as a life-threatening, widespread windstorm that could be one of the most destructive to hit the region in over a decade roars ...
The Bureau said the cyclone would bring intense rainfall that could cause “dangerous and life threatening flash flooding,” and storm tides between Townsville and Mackay which would exacerbate ...