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Cyclone Althea originated in an expanding area of thunderstorm activity near the Solomon Islands in mid-December 1971. Although little is known about the storm's genesis because of sparse reports and infrequent weather satellite images, [ 1 ] the disturbance is thought to have organised into a tropical low on 19 December as it tracked slowly ...
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).
The fourth system and second severe tropical cyclone of the season, Althea was one of the strongest storms ever to affect the Townsville area. After forming near the Solomon Islands on 19 December and heading southwest across the Coral Sea , the storm reached Category 4 on the Australian cyclone scale , peaking with 10-minute average maximum ...
On Christmas Eve 1971, Tropical Cyclone Althea, a category 4 cyclone, battered the city and Magnetic Island, causing considerable damage. [52] In 1973, Indigenous activists Eddie and Bonita Mabo established the Black Community School in Townsville, where children could learn their Indigenous culture rather than white culture. [53]
Radar image of Hurricane Alice (1954–55), the only Atlantic tropical cyclone on record to span two calendar years at hurricane strength. Climatologically speaking, approximately 97 percent of tropical cyclones that form in the North Atlantic develop between June 1 and November 30 – dates which delimit the modern-day Atlantic hurricane season.
Examining the Aloha State's history with tropical cyclones. Mark Puleo. July 22, 2020 at 7:43 PM. ... Satellite map of Hurricane Iniki making landfall in Hawaii on Sept. 11, 1992. (NOAA)
The wreck was sunk by Cyclone Althea in 1971. Dicky: Unknown 4 February 1893 A steamship that ran aground at Dicky Beach. The visible remains of the wreck were removed in 2015. Duke of York United Kingdom: September 1837
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