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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).
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. 1974 – Cyclone Tracy devastates the city of ...
Cyclone Dora formed in the Coral sea east of Proserpine on February 10, 1971, it took a southeasterly track over the next 4 days away from the QLD coast turning into a low-pressure system well east of the QLD NSW border.
Cyclone Althea; 1971–72 Australian region cyclone season This page was last edited on 15 January 2024, at 15:45 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
The following lists events that happened during 1971 in Australia. 1971 in Australia; Monarch: ... 24 December – Cyclone Althea hits Townsville and surrounding ...
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.
Name Duration Peak intensity Areas affected Damage (Deaths Refs Wind speed Pressure Flora: 1 – 5 December 1964: 140 km/h (85 mph) 965 hPa (28.50 inHg)