9,000 Darwin homes were destroyed by Cyclone Tracy, out of the city's total of 12,000 homes. This figure does not include the shanty homes inhabited by the Aborigines on the city's fringes. Many of them were simply not counted, because it is unknown how many there were.
Approximately 3000 houses remained standing. 9,000 homes were destroyed out of a city of 12,000 residences.
Approximately 9000 homes were destroyed or damaged in Cyclone Tracy.
Cyclone Tracy destroyed 9,000 homes out of a city of about 12,000 residences.
Cyclone Tracy, in 1974, did not destroy any crops. When the cyclone made landfall, the eye of the cyclone centred over Darwin, so the worst damage was the devastation of houses and other buildings. The area around Darwin was affected to a much more limited sense, and Tracy did not bring heavy rains often associated with cyclones.
i don't know but i think the cyclone dodged around the farms
Many of the homes and other buidings were blown to piece by the storm.
Cyclone Yasi, which struck Queensland, Australia in 2011, caused widespread damage to thousands of homes, with approximately 10,000 homes estimated to have been damaged or destroyed by the cyclone.
71 people were killed. Much of the city was destroyed. Many airplanes were destroyed at the airport. Many people left the city and never returned. Much of the city had to be rebuilt, making it a very different city to what it was before the cyclone hit.
Three quarters of the population of Darwin were left homeless. 9,000 homes were destroyed, out of a city which had 12,000 residences. Prior to the cyclone, Darwin had around 43,500 people, but after Tracy hit, approximately 30,000 were homeless.
None. Cyclone Tracy hit Darwin in the Northern Territory, not Queensland, in 1974.
Cyclone Tracy hit Darwin just after midnight on Christmas Day in 1974 and lasted until about 7:00 am.
In Darwin, 65 people got killed in Cyclone Tracy, either killed in the city or drowned at sea.