Two consecutive cyclones struck the Pilbara coastline and caused extensive damage in Roebourne and Cossack. [34] Waters in Laidley in the Lockyer Valley reached an all-time high with the main street in the town inundated. [11] A high pressure system over New Zealand blocked the low pressure system from moving east, away from the Queensland coast, allowing the low to move slowly along the Queensland coast also causing it to stall near Rockhampton and in southern Queensland; feeding moist air from the Coral Sea into the low which resulted in a large area of convective activity with associated heavy rainfall and a low pressure trough over New South Wales allowed the low to move south into the Tasman Sea. In Queensland, all eyes were on the city of Bundaberg, 300km (190 miles) north of Brisbane, as it prepared for unprecedented flooding after the Burnett river burst its banks. “Notable storm surges in north Queensland have occurred in 1899 at Bathurst Bay – with dubious reports of a 12.2 m surge when many lives were lost from a pearling fleet – and Cyclone Althea in 1971 which produced a 3.6 m surge north of Townsville,” he says. W, N, E. Severe Tropical Cyclone Trevor. Fallen tree caused by gale-force wind at Redcliffe. Full screen is unavailable. [18], On the afternoon of 26 January, three separate tornadoes tore through the Bundaberg Region. Cyclones are one of nature’s responses when there is a meeting between hot and cold air currents. Oceans have absorbed 90% of excess heat from greenhouse gas emissions since 1970, leading to warmer surface temperatures, more moisture in the atmosphere and thus increasingly severe cyclones. Jacob: 2007: 12 March: 130 km/h (80 mph) 960 hPa (28.35 inHg) 0: Minor It is not updated in real time. Forty vessels of a pearling fleet sunk with 140 lives lost in. [31] A landslide severed the Burnett Highway between Gayndah and Mundubbera. Damien made landfall as a category 3, with the eye moving directly over, This page was last edited on 3 February 2021, at 02:28. A record-breaking 747 mm (29.4 in) of rain was measured in 24 hours at Whim Creek. [59], The main coastal fibre-optic cable was cut[60] near Colosseum causing widespread disruptions. [31] In Gayndah, 60 homes and 12 businesses were flooded. [9] Approximately 12 hours after being named, the storm made its second landfall north of Kowanyama with winds of 65 km/h (40 mph) and the final advisory was issued by the TCWC in Brisbane. Cyclone Hikka emerged fro the Arabian Sea and turned intense and hit Oman. [69] Sediment flows from the Brisbane River were expected to be much higher in this flood, placing the bay's dugong population at risk. [41] In Grafton the Clarence River peaked a new record height of 8.1 metres (27 ft). Hundreds of travellers were stranded at Sydney Airport as flights were cancelled due to dangerous winds. Prior to Iniki, Iwa was the most damaging hurricane to hit Hawaii. Made landfall as a weak cyclone near the Sandfire Roadhouse causing heavy rain. [10] Although over land, the system was able to maintain a defined circulation and gradually reorganised as it moved southwestward. On 1 February Deputy Commissioner of Police, Brett Pointing APM, was appointed to oversee the recovery activities in the Bundaberg and North Burnett Regions. George was one of the most intense cyclones on record to strike the Pilbara region. Government of Queensland disaster assistance was being offered in 21 local government areas shortly after the floods. [26][27] At Gympie flood waters from the Mary River swamped around 100 business and 25 residents. Extensive damage also took place in Nullagine. [20], The Burnett River reached a new recorded height of 9.53 metres (31.3 ft) on 29 January. A large and slow moving storm caused heavy rain and flooding across almost the entire length of Western Australia. Every recorded hurricane, cyclone, and typhoon since 1850. Map showing the month wise cyclone affected areas of India in the year 2007. Coastal regions of Queensland were the most impacted with Mundubbera, Eidsvold, Gayndah and Bundaberg in the Wide Bay–Burnett hit severely. [37] Maclean was spared flooding from the Clarence River due to the town's levee. [38] The Gold Coast Desalination Plant was engaged from standby mode to supplement supplies with 90 megalitres (3.2×10^6 cu ft) of water a day. Storm dropped 637 mm (25.1 in) of rain in. Cancel. [42] Minor flooding and road closures were experienced in the Hunter Valley. Iwa was the very last hurricane of the 1982 season, forming in November and causing $312 million in damage. [33], Unlike the flooding which occurred in January 2011 at Ipswich and Brisbane, the flooding there was caused by the natural flooding of the creek system rather than deliberate dam releases. Category three cyclone caused heavy rain but little damage in the, Dominic made landfall as a category two near, A weak tropical low, however caused extreme flooding and severe damage in the. Coriolis Effect deflects winds to the right in the Northern Hemisphere, causing the winds to strike the polar front at an angle. Cyclone Peta was a weak cyclone that made landfall near Port Hedland with limited effects. With scarcely any time to recover, Madagascar was hit by Cyclone Jaya on 3 April, capping a torrid four-month period in which the country’s eastern and northern seaboards had been inundated by no fewer than two cyclones and four tropical storms.