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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 ...
Disaster Location Deaths Date Notes Shipwreck: Christmas Island: 48: 2010 Dec 15: 2010 Christmas Island boat disaster: Cyclone/Flood: Cairns and Cardwell, Queensland: 47: 1927 Feb 9: This tropical cyclone crossed the coast north of Cairns, which weakened into a rain depression, causing extensive flooding, resulting in a total 47 deaths throughout parts of Northern Queensland [102]
The Australian region tropical cyclone basin is located to the south of the Equator between 90°E and 160°E. [1] The basin is officially monitored by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology as well as the Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG), and the Papua New Guinea National Weather Service. [1]
Severe Tropical Cyclone Jasper was the wettest tropical cyclone in Australian history, surpassing Peter of 1979. [2] The third disturbance of the 2023–24 South Pacific cyclone season and the first named storm and severe tropical cyclone of the 2023–24 Australian region cyclone season, Jasper was first noted as an area of low pressure located in the South Pacific Ocean, which was initially ...
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Thousands of people in coastal towns along Australia's Great Barrier Reef are without power and sheltering within their homes as the epicentre of a tropical cyclone nears ...
A tropical cyclone off the coast of northern Australia was upgraded to the "severe" category three on Thursday, hours before it was set to make landfall along the coastline bordering the Great ...
The cyclone is considered the worst cyclone to strike the Northern Territory of Australia prior to Cyclone Tracy in 1974. [9] [10] Prior to contemporary naming conventions, the storm became known as the "Great Hurricane". [11] 1898 Bushfire: Red Tuesday bushfires: 12 Two thousand buildings 1899 Cyclone: Cyclone Mahina: 300–410 1903 Cyclone ...
Cyclone Mahina, in March 1899, resulted in the greatest death toll of any natural disaster in Australian history. Over 400 people lost their lives. Over 400 people lost their lives. The storm decimated a pearling fleet at Bathurst Bay in Queensland and deaths included the crews of around 100 vessels and an estimated 100 local aboriginals, who ...