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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.
The most intense tropical cyclone(s) in the Australian Region were cyclones Gwenda and Inigo. By 10-minute sustained wind speed, the strongest were Cyclone Orson, Cyclone Monica and Cyclone Marcus. Storms with an intensity of 920 hPa (27.17 inHg) or less are listed. Storm information was less reliably documented and recorded before 1985. [6]
A total of 21 tropical cyclones have peaked at Category 5 strength in the South Pacific tropical cyclone basin, which is denoted as the part of the Pacific Ocean to the south of the equator and to the east of 160°E. 20 of these tropical cyclones have been classified as Category 5 on the Australian tropical cyclone intensity scale, while Severe ...
Cyclone Freddy in the Australian region and South-West Indian Ocean [12] [13] Highest Accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) index for a season: 570 during the 1997 Pacific typhoon season: January 19, 1997 – December 23, 1997: Northwest Pacific Ocean [14] Highest number of rapid intensification cycles for a tropical cyclone: 7: February 4, 2023 ...
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 ...
Cyclone Vance made landfall over Exmouth as a strong category five, one of the strongest landfalling cyclones recorded in Australia. Exmouth was devastated, with the whole town badly damaged and many houses destroyed. It was also the costliest cyclone on record to hit Western Australia with damage totaling over $100 million Aud. Elaine: 1999: ...
After drenching parts of Indonesia and taking a unique track across the Timor Sea with Cyclone Odette, Tropical Cyclone Seroja lashed Western Australia with heavy rain and strong winds to start ...
Tropical Cyclone Jasper crossed Australia's northeast coast on Wednesday as a category 2 storm that lashed the sparsely populated region with winds of up to 140 kph (87 mph). Jasper had ...