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Severe Tropical Cyclone Althea was a powerful tropical cyclone that devastated parts of North Queensland just before Christmas 1971. One of the strongest storms ever to affect the Townsville area, Althea was the fourth system and second severe tropical cyclone of the 1971–72 Australian region cyclone season .
Tropical Cyclone Althea was a Category 4 cyclone when it hit the coast some 50 km north of Magnetic Island and Townsville in North Queensland on December 24, 1971. [1] Althea produced peak gust wind speeds between 123 and 145 miles per hour (197 and 233 km/h). Three people died and property damage was estimated at A$115 million loss (1990 value).
Cyclone Tracy. 1822 – Reverend Archibald Macarthur, the first Presbyterian minister in Australia, arrives in Hobart. 1971 – Cyclone Althea hits Townsville and surrounding islands, killing three. 1972 – The official highest maximum temperature in Queensland, of 49.5°C (121.1°F), is recorded at Birdsville.
Cyclone Althea was a severe tropical cyclone that devastated parts of North Queensland just before Christmas during the 1971–72 Australian region cyclone season. The fourth system and second severe tropical cyclone of the season, Althea was one of the strongest storms ever to affect the Townsville area.
1971 - Severe Tropical Cyclone Althea made landfall in northern Queensland, Australia causing $115 million of damage. 2019 - Typhoon Phanfone (pictured) makes landfall in Eastern Samar , Philippines , just before intensifying into a Category 3 typhoon. 50 were dead while 55 people remained missing.
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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]