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A collage of the ten deadliest tropical cyclones worldwide since 1990 This is a list of the deadliest tropical cyclones , including all known storms that caused at least 1,000 direct deaths. 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.
Cyclone: Broome, Western Australia: 40: 1910 Nov 19: This tropical cyclone was probably Broome's most destructive, with maximum wind gusts estimated to be 175 kilometres per hour (109 mph). There were 40 deaths, and 34 pearling luggers lost with severe damage in the Broome area. [43] [111] Air disaster: Near Mackay, Queensland: 40: 1943 Jun 14
Cyclone Marcus at peak intensity on 21 March 2018, over the Indian Ocean to the west of Australia. Category 5 severe tropical cyclones are tropical cyclones that reach Category 5 intensity on the Australian tropical cyclone intensity scale within the Australian region. They are by definition the strongest tropical cyclones that can form on Earth.
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.
A total of 16 cyclones are listed down below reaching/surpassing an intensity of 920 hPa (27.17 inHg), with most of them occurring during El Niño seasons. Tropical cyclones that have been recorded since the start of the 1969–70 Tropical Cyclone year and have reached their peak intensity to the west of 160E are included in the list.
Severe Tropical Cyclone Ilsa made landfall early Friday morning local time in Northwest Australia, between De Grey and Pardoo Roadhouse as a Category 4 storm (BOM's tropical cyclone scale) with 10 ...
Severe Tropical Cyclone Alby was regarded as the most devastating tropical cyclone to impact southwestern Western Australia on record. Forming out of an area of low pressure on 27 March 1978, Alby steadily developed as it tracked southwestward, parallel to the west coast.
The Mackay Cyclone struck Mackay and surrounding regions in late January 1918, in addition to a devastating storm surge and extensive flooding. A Category 4 cyclone with barometric pressure at the eye as low as 933 hectopascals (13.53 psi), Mackay and Rockhampton experienced the death of some 30 people, hundreds of injuries, and A$ 60 million ...