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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 ).
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).
Name Duration Peak intensity Areas affected Damage (Deaths Refs Wind speed Pressure Felicity: 13 – 20 December 1989: 140 km/h (85 mph) 970 hPa (28.64 inHg)
Tropical Cyclone Jasper crossed Australia's northeast coast on Wednesday as a category 2 storm that lashed the sparsely populated region with winds of up to 140 kph (87 mph). Jasper had ...
March 17, 1940 – A tropical cyclone made landfall on Queensland near Mackay. [3] March 23–24, 1940 – A tropical cyclone made landfall on the Cape York Peninsula, before it moved across the Gulf of Carpentaria from the Edward River to Port Roper. [3] [4] April 7, 1940 – A tropical cyclone made landfall on Queensland near Townsville. [3]
According to the National Hurricane Center, there have been an estimated 42 tropical cyclones that have reached Category 5 status in the Atlantic Basin since 1924 — the most recent being ...
Following an assessment of the BOM's warning performance during Cyclone Aivu, in which they received praise from most, a new scale for tropical cyclone intensities was to be implemented starting with the 1989–90 cyclone season. This five-level scale was designed to better inform the public of the degree of danger storms posed.