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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.
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 ...
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.
On 25 December 1869, a cyclone levelled the towns of Roebourne and Cossack with many deaths. [95] In 1875, a cyclone destroyed the pearling fleet in the Exmouth Gulf, resulting in 59 deaths. [95] In 1877, six barques, six men and cargoes of guano worth £20,000 were lost at the Lacepede Islands. [95] In 1880, a 20 feet (6.1 m) storm surge ...
The warm tropical waters of the channel allowed Cheneso to peak as a tropical cyclone Wednesday, Jan. 25, prior to making a second landfall Thursday, this time on the western coast of Madagascar.
The most intense tropical cyclone in the North Indian Ocean by both sustained winds and central pressure was the 1999 Odisha cyclone, with 3-minute sustained winds of 260 km/h (160 mph) and a minimum pressure of 912 hPa (26.93 inHg). Storms with an intensity of 950 hPa (28.05 inHg) or less are listed.
This is a list of the costliest Atlantic hurricanes, with US$1 billion in property damage, broadly capturing the severity of the damage each tropical cyclone has caused. The list includes tropical storms, a tropical cyclone with a peak 1-minute maximum sustained wind in the range of 39–73 mph (63–118 km/h), placing them below the 74 mph ...