Cyclone Tracy was a category 4 cyclone which hit Darwin, in Australia's Northern Territory, in the early hours of Christmas Day 1974. The winds were so strong that they blew away the instruments at the airport, suggesting that the cyclone was actually category 5 when it hit. 71 people were killed. It wiped out about 70% of the town, which has since been rebuilt to be as cyclone-proof as it possibly can.
Yes, Cyclone Tracy was a tropical cyclone.
No. Cyclone Tracy was an a very intense but abnormally small cyclone.
Cyclone Selma came before Cyclone Tracy.
It is difficult to directly compare the severity of Cyclone Tracy and Cyclone Yasi as each cyclone had different impacts and affected different areas. However, Cyclone Tracy, which struck Darwin, Australia in 1974, caused more loss of life and extensive damage to the city compared to Cyclone Yasi, which hit northern Queensland in 2011. Both cyclones were significant in their own right, but Cyclone Tracy is often considered one of the most devastating cyclones to hit Australia.
- Its a feminine cyclone because its name is TRACY. - Tracy was a girl i knew
Cyclone Tracy was the devastating cyclone that hit Darwin on Christmas Day 1974. Cyclone Tracy first hit the city just after midnight on 25 December 1974. It wreaked havoc through Darwin for several hours, before dissipating about 7:00 am the next morning. The eye itself took about 35 minutes to pass. The strongest wind gusts were recorded just after 3:00am.
Cyclone Tracy hit Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
Cyclone Tracy started as a tropical storm out in the Arafura Sea.
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cyclone Tracy was very serious and was in 1974. it hit on Christmas eve.
cyclone Tracy was very dangerous because the winds were very strong
It took cyclone tracy 10000000 years to make it to darwin