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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.
[177] [178] The total cost of the storm damage and reconstruction was estimated at over $500 million (1974 AUD). [179] Australia's costliest tropical cyclone was Cyclone Yasi, which struck Mission Beach, Queensland on February 3, 2011, as a Category 5 on the Australian region tropical cyclone scale. The cyclone left about US$2.8 billion in damage.
These are Cyclone Mahina of 1899 and two tropical cyclones that struck Innisfail and Mackay during 1918. [79] Severe tropical cyclones Erica (2003) and Harold (2020) became Category 5 severe tropical cyclones, after they moved out of the Australian region and into the South Pacific basin.
Tropical cyclone 2024 North America (, , , others) Hurricane Ida: $75 [18] $84.3 107 Tropical cyclone 2021 North America (, , , others) 2019–20 Australian bushfire season: $69 [19] $81.2 451 Wildfire 2019-20 Australia Hurricane Sandy: $68.7 [12] $91.2 254 Tropical cyclone 2012 North America (, , , others) Hurricane Irma: $64.8 [12] $80.5 134 ...
The second cyclone caused more significant damage to the area completely washing away the previously damaged sea wall at Cossack. Over forty lives were believed to have been lost as twelve luggers and the steamer Anne were destroyed. Altogether, the damage was estimated at 15000 pounds and the loss of some 15000 sheep. Flooding was also ...
The storm will go down as the earliest Category 5 (using Australia's scale) cyclone on record in the southern hemisphere, shattering the old record held by cyclones Joan in 1975 and Graham in 1991 ...
Winds and rain battered the Kolkata area on May 20 as Cyclone Amphan approached, having made landfall during the afternoon as an “extremely severe cyclonic storm” over the northwest Bay of ...
Damage bill estimated at $60 million with Lismore declared a natural disaster area. South Lismore was hit by another severe storm the following day on 9 October causing even more damage than the day before. Hail 6 cm size and strong winds estimated at 100 km/h caused widespread damage. About 20mm rain fell in 10 minutes.