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Tropical Cyclone Yasi was the biggest storm in Queensland's history, with more than 10,000 people moved from their homes. The storm passed between the two big cities of Cairns and Townsville which only suffered minor damage. Early estimates of damage put the cost at about AU$100 million.
The 2010–11 Australian region cyclone season was a near average tropical cyclone season, with eleven tropical cyclones forming compared to an average of 12. The season was also the costliest recorded in the Australian region basin, with a total of $3.62 billion (2011 USD) in damages, mostly from the destructive Cyclone Yasi. [1]
Operationally Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle was estimated to have peaked as a category 5 severe tropical cyclone, with 10-minute sustained winds of 205 km/h (125 mph). However, during the post-storm analysis process, it was downgraded to a Category 4 system, with 10-minute sustained winds of 195 km/h (120 mph). [87]
[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.
The costs of disasters vary considerably depending on a range of factors, such as the geographical location where they occur. When a large disaster occurs in a wealthy country, the financial damage may be large, but when a comparable disaster occurs in a poorer country, the actual financial damage may appear to be relatively small.
Cyclone Tracy at landfall in the Northern Territory on December 25, 1974. The costliest Australian region tropical cyclone on record was Cyclone Yasi in 2011, which caused $3.6 billion in damages. [38] The next costliest cyclone, Debbie, caused $2.73 billion in damages [39] and is closely followed by Oswald which caused $2.52 billion in damages ...
The name Yasi has been used for two tropical cyclones worldwide. Cyclone Yasi (1996) – a tropical storm that brought heavy rainfall to Tonga . Cyclone Yasi (2011) – a powerful and destructive Category 4 tropical cyclone that struck Queensland , causing over US$3 billion in damage.
Cyclone Yasi. During January 2011, a total of 12 tropical cyclones, all of them, formed within the southern hemisphere. No tropical cyclone was observed in the northern hemisphere. Of the systems, 7 further intensified to become named. Out of the systems, Wilma was the most intense tropical cyclone, with a minimum barometric pressure of 935 ...