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Cyclone Wanda was responsible for the 1974 floods in Brisbane and Ipswich. Cyclone Tracy, which hit Darwin at the end of the year, brought very little rain.
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Australian disasters 1974?
* January 1974 - Cyclone Wanda hit the Queensland coast and developed into a rain depression which ultimately resulted in the Brisbane floods * Christmas 1974 - Cyclone Tracy destroyed most of the city of Darwin, in the Northern Territory.
Can cyclone cause flood?
Cyclones can and do often cause floods, though not every time. A classic example was Cyclone Wanda which hit Queensland in 1974, resulting in massive and deadly floods throughout the capital city of Brisbane. On the other hand, Cyclone Tracy, which devastated Darwin in 1975, brought far less rain, even though its winds flattened the city.
What are some cyclones?
Cyclone Tracy (Darwin 1974)Cyclone Larry (Innisfail: 2006)Cyclone Mahina (Bathurst Bay: 1899)Cyclone Fran (Bundaberg: 1993)Cyclone Wanda (dumped hundreds of mm of rain upstream in the Brisbane River, leading to the 1974 Brisbane floods)Arguably, the most famous cyclone was Cyclone Tracy. It devastated Darwin on Christmas Eve in 1974, "officially" killed 65 people (16 at sea) and injured 650. Nearly 70% of homes were destroyed. Some 35000 people had to be evacuated. The damage bill was $800 million dollars.
How did Cyclone Wanda get its name?
At that stage, cyclones were named alphabetically as they occurred. Because of the date it occurred, the meteorologists were up to the letter 'W', and Wanda was simply the name that was chosen.
What are some major natural disasters that have happened in Australia?
* Murrumbidgee River floods the town of Gundagai, June 1852: 89 killed * "Black Friday" bushfires, southern Victoria, January 1939: 71 killed * Hunter Valley floods, February 1955: 25 killed * Darwin hit by Cyclone Tracy, December 1974: 65 "officially" killed * "Ash Wednesday" bushfires, February 1983: 75 killed * Newcastle earthquake, December 1989: 13 killed * Cyclone Wanda and the Brisbane floods, December 1974: 16 killed * NSW bushfires, December 2001 - January 2002: 180 houses and thousands of acreas of National Park destroyed * Canberra bushfires, January 2003: major devastation of suburbs and surrounding areas * Eyre Peninsula bushfires, January 2005: 9 killed * Cyclone Larry hits Innisfail: 1 killed (heart attack) and ,ajor devastation of Queensland's banana crops
How much rainfall can be deposited due to a tropical cyclone?
The figure varies. Some cyclones have more intense winds, while others bring deluges of rainfall. Cyclone Wanda, which was a major factor in the Brisbane floods of 1974, dumped 580mm of rain over Brisbane in three days. There were heavier falls in some areas, with nearby Mt Glorious recording 1,300mm in five days.
When did the 1974 Brisbane River flood start?
The 1974 Brisbane floods began when Cyclone Wanda dumped huge amounts of rain on a waterlogged state on 25 January 1974.The floodwaters took up to two weeks to subside in some places, but cleaning up was able to begin from around February 2.
How old was Wanda Phipps when she first started writing poems?
Wanda was seven or eight years old when she first started writing poems.
Why does Darwin get more rain than Brisbane?
Darwin has a tropical climate, whereas Brisbane's climate is temperate. The ocean waters around Darwin are warmer, and this generates more cyclones and tropical depressions during summer, whereas Brisbane is rarely hit by cyclones (except for the year Cyclone Wanda contributed to the 1974 Brisbane floods).
What was the death toll from cyclone Larry?
Cyclone Wanda itself caused no deaths. It was a relatively low-category cyclone (the actual category does not seem to be recorded anywhere) but its beiggest claim to fame was the amount of rain it dumped on the Brisbane catchment area, contributing significantly to the Brisbane floods of January 1974. These floods resulted in 14 deaths.
How many floods have occurred in Brisbane?
Four major floods have occurred in Brisbane.The first was on 14 January 1841. To date, these floods have been the worst, high-level wise, although there was less destruction to property as the town was still very young and undeveloped. Flood levels were reported to be over 8 metres above the mean sea level.The next major flood began on 5 February 1893. These floods came within 7cm of the 1841 levels.The worst floods in terms of death and loss of property occurred in January 1974 when tropical Cyclone Wanda developed into a rain depression that dumped hundreds of millimetres of rain on an already saturated southeast Queensland. Since the construction of Wivenhoe Dam on the Brisbane River within a few years of this flood, Brisbane was believed to be flood-proof.This changed when, on 11 January 2011, the Brisbane River again broke its banks. The flood was the result of a La Ninaweather pattern, together with the state being saturated by the rainfall resulting from a cyclone system that hit in the north on Christmas Day 2010.Wivenhoe Dam, which was designed to prevent any further floods, exceeded 160% capacity, requiring the release of a massive amount of water, comparable to the volume of Sydney harbour.
What was the worst cyclone in history?
There have been frequent cyclones since records have been kept, since about the 1890s. Some of the largest, in terms of death or destruction, include Cyclone Mahina (1899), Cyclone Tracy (1974) and Cyclone Larry (2006). In February 2011, the north coast of Queensland was threatened by Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi, which was a category 5 cyclone and predicted to be the most destructive to ever hit Australia. However, whilst Yasi was very destructive to numerous towns and properties, it did not reach anywhere near the dire predictions forecast.
