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A destructive cyclone has damaged several towns on Australia's western coast, shattering windows, snapping trees and knocking out power. Tropical Cyclone Seroja crossed the Western Australia state ...
*Exact death toll unknown, likely to be higher. [130] Memorial at Castle Hill gives a figure of 45 lives lost. [131] Cyclone: Queensland coast, particularly Mackay: 30: 1918 Jan: Mackay Cyclone [72] [132] Fire: Melbourne: 30: 1966 Aug 13: William Booth Memorial Home fire – Australia's deadliest building fire. Salvation Army home for destitute ...
Australia's most costly natural disaster in dollar terms, as of 1999, was a severe hail storm over Sydney on 14 April 1999. Hail up to almost the size of cricket balls – 8 to 9 centimetres (3.1 to 3.5 in) circumference – fell in a damage path that extended from Bundeena in the south to Darling Point in the north, and from Sydenham in the ...
Tropical Cyclone Jasper was slowly making landfall around the town of Wujal Wujal, roughly 115 km (72 miles) northeast of the popular tourist destination of Cairns at 3 p.m. (0500 GMT), bringing ...
Severe Tropical Cyclone Ilsa was a powerful tropical cyclone that struck Western Australia in April 2023. The sixth named storm, and the fifth severe tropical cyclone of the 2022–23 Australian region cyclone season, Ilsa formed from a tropical low off the coast of Indonesia on 6 April. It fluctuated in intensity and became a Category 1 ...
Residents in parts of Australia's Northern Territory and Queensland state were urged on Sunday to prepare for a tropical cyclone that is forecast to make landfall in coming days. Megan, a category ...
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 formed within the Coral Sea .
The Bureau of Meteorology said tropical cyclone Kirrily will cross the coast near the tourist town of Townsville on Thursday night, bringing with it wind gusts of up to 165 km (103 miles) per hour ...