What was the magnitude of Cyclone Yasi?
What was the magnitude of Cyclone Yasi?
5
Cyclone Yasi
| Category 5 severe tropical cyclone (Aus scale) | |
|---|---|
| Dissipated | 6 February 2011 |
| (Remnant low after 3 February) | |
| Highest winds | 10-minute sustained: 205 km/h (125 mph) 1-minute sustained: 250 km/h (155 mph) Gusts: 285 km/h (180 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 929 hPa (mbar); 27.43 inHg |
What was the worst cyclone in Australia?
Cyclone Mahina
Cyclone Mahina was the deadliest tropical cyclone in Australia’s recorded history, and probably one of the most intense ever recorded.
What destruction did Cyclone Yasi cause?
The cyclone caused widespread damage between Cooktown and Townsville and destroyed homes, businesses, infrastructure and crops. It damaged more than 9,000 kilometres of road and affected more than 4,500 kilometres of the Queensland Rail network.
How many deaths did Cyclone Yasi cause?
1
Cyclone Yasi/Total fatalities
Where was Cyclone Yasi in Australia?
north Queensland coast
Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi slammed into the north Queensland coast near Mission Beach in the early hours of 3 February 2011. As a category 5 storm at landfall, it was one of the most powerful tropical cyclones to hit Queensland since records commenced.
How did Cyclone Yasi start?
Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi began developing as a tropical low northwest of Fiji on 29th January and started tracking on a general westward track. The system quickly intensified to a cyclone category to the north of Vanuatu and was named Yasi at 10pm on the 30th by Fiji Meteorological Service.
Has Australia ever had a category 5 cyclone?
A total of 47 recorded tropical cyclones have peaked at Category 5 strength in the Australian region, which is denoted as the part of the Southern Hemisphere between 90°E and 160°E.
Has NSW ever had a cyclone?
1. A tropical cyclone making landfall in NSW from the east. On 20 February 1954 TC137 crossed the coast near Tweed Heads as a severe tropical cyclone, then moved southwards inland from Ballina, Coffs Harbour and Port Macquarie as a category 1 cyclone. Twenty six people died in NSW during this event.
How did Cyclone Yasi form?
Cyclone Yasi occured simply because all the weather factors to make a cyclone were right; warm, tropical seas and cumulonimbus clouds. Cyclone Yasi’s system was so big because of its prolonged journey across tropical seas.
Where did Cyclone Yasi hit in Australia?
Mission Beach
How did Cyclone Yasi affect the Great Barrier Reef?
Cyclone Yasi is one of the most damaging single events to affect the Reef in the last 100 years. It caused patchy damage across offshore, mid-shelf and inshore reefs along 400 km of the northern Great Barrier Reef. Damage was largely confined to an area south of Cairns to around Townsville, sparing major tourism areas.
Why was Cyclone Yasi so big?
Tropical cyclones are classified by continuous wind speed of more then 63km/h. Cyclone Yasi occured simply because all the weather factors to make a cyclone were right; warm, tropical seas and cumulonimbus clouds. Cyclone Yasi’s system was so big because of its prolonged journey across tropical seas.
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