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On average there are about thirteen cyclones that form in the Australian region (90-160° E) each cyclone season. This represents about 16 per cent of the global total. About half of these occur in the western region. About half of the total number of tropical cyclones become severe. Tropical cyclones in the western and eastern basins have around 25 per cent chance of making landfall, while those in the northern basin have an 80 per cent chance of making landfall.
Cyclone landfalls since 1970. Red dots are severe (category 3 or higher).
The deadliest was Mahina (1899). Not sure about the most powerful; Yasi in 2011 was pretty near the top.
Debbie is now making landfall as I write this in the Hideaway Bay-Airlie Beach area. Eye is 50km across.
Winds at Hamilton Island have shifted from SE to WNW. Now gusting to 263 km/hr.
Actually landfall not expected for another couple of hours. Aforementioned areas getting hit by the eyewall but the centre of the eye is still offshore.
Actually landfall not expected for another couple of hours. Aforementioned areas getting hit by the eyewall but the centre of the eye is still offshore.
Now the BOM confirms landfall as a category 4 storm in the Hideaway Bay-Airlie Beach area.
They're reasonably common, less so than in East Asia or the North Atlantic, but we are in the most affected region in the Southern Hemisphere, this is from wikipedia,
And from the BOM
"On average there are about thirteen cyclones that form in the Australian region (90-160° E) each cyclone season."
They're reasonably common, less so than in East Asia or the North Atlantic, but we are in the most affected region in the Southern Hemisphere, this is from wikipedia,
And from the BOM
"On average there are about thirteen cyclones that form in the Australian region (90-160° E) each cyclone season."
On the map it shows up as a tropical depression, so not a cyclone, so they probably didn't keep track of it.
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