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Severe Tropical Cyclone Kirrily. Severe Tropical Cyclone Kirrily was a long-lived and strong tropical cyclone that affected East Australia and the Northern Territory during January and February 2024. The third named storm and severe tropical cyclone of the 2023–24 Australian region cyclone season, Kirrily developed from a tropical low that ...
Within the basin a Category 5 severe tropical cyclone is a tropical cyclone that has 10-minute mean maximum sustained wind speeds over 107 knots (198 km/h; 123 mph) or greater on the Australian tropical cyclone intensity scale. [1][2] A named storm could also be classified as a Category 5 tropical cyclone if it is estimated, to have 1-minute ...
Tropical cyclones in 2024. Satellite photo of the 21 tropical cyclones worldwide that reached at least Category 3 on the Saffir–Simpson scale during 2024, from Anggrek in January to Usagi in November. Among them, Milton (fourth image in the third row) was the most intense with a minimum central pressure of 897 hPa.
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. In November 1970, the Bhola cyclone struck what is now Bangladesh and killed at least 300,000 people. There have been 15 tropical cyclones in the 21st century so far with a death toll of ...
Cyclone: Northern Queensland: 99: 1934 Mar 12: A tropical cyclone crossed the North Queensland coast around Cape Tribulation, which generated a 9.1 storm surge. [64] A pearling fleet off the coast was damaged, with 75 people reported lost (one source says 99). [60] [64] Explosion: Mount Kembla, New South Wales: 96: 1902 Jul 31: Mount Kembla ...
Cyclone Mahina was the deadliest cyclone in recorded Australian history, and also potentially the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere. Mahina struck Bathurst Bay, Cape York Peninsula, colonial Queensland, on 4 March 1899, and its winds and enormous storm surge combined to kill more than 300 people. [1][2][3]
Tropical Cyclone and/or Location Ref(s) Highest overall rainfall: 6,083 mm (239.5 in) January 14, 1980 – January 28, 1980: Cyclone Hyacinthe in Reunion Island [2] Highest storm surge: 14.5 m (47.6 ft) March 5, 1899: Cyclone Mahina in Bathurst Bay, Queensland, Australia [3] Highest confirmed wave height α: 30 m (98.4 ft) September 11, 1995
List of Category 3 Australian region severe tropical cyclones. Cyclone Gabrielle. Category 3 is known to be the third-highest classification on the Australian tropical cyclone intensity scale which is used to classify tropical cyclones.