Cyclone Tracy

The community, the environment and animals. It also affected the economy and decisions to stay or leave the small city.

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.

No. Cyclone Tracy affected only the far north of Australia.

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The first thing that was done after Cyclone Tracy hit Darwin was that the Northern Territory police stepped into action. They were among the few who heeded the warnings of Cyclone Tracy, and had already made emergency preparations at Darwin and Casuarina police stations. As soon as the first damage reports came in, the police were seeing to road blockages, attending medical emergencies and directing people away from fallen power lines. 150 people were taken to shelter at the police station in this first wave of damage, but they then needed to organise the use of school for shelter, because so many people had lost their homes. When many more ended up sheltering at the schools, police organised other people to help with cooking, medical help, logistics of hygiene (such as digging latrines), collecting clothing and bedding donations, etc.

Late on Christmas night Major-General Stretton arrived at Darwin to coordinate evacuations. He was Director of the newly formed National Disasters Organisation. A team of surgeons and nurses arrived with him. The police and volunteers were still important during this, and the army also came to assist. There were unpleasant tasks such as searching for bodies, cleaning out refrigerators which were filled with (by now) rotting food, and having to shoot packs of starving dogs that posed a threat to the survivors. The Army and Navy were brought in to deal with these sometimes dangerous cleanup tasks.

From 25 December, the Federal Department of Housing and Construction (in Melbourne) organised officers to begin clearing debris and restore power and communications. Electrical contractor crews cleared fallen power lines organised portable generators wherever available. The officers also worked to repair and restore water pumps and pipelines to get water and sewerage systems working again. Where houses were still intact, tarpaulins were placed over damaged roofs.

Beginning from 27 December, hundreds more police from interstate began to arrive to help out. Emergency supplies and equipment were brought to Darwin from other cities. Equipment included generators and emergency accommodation. The RAAF (Royal Australia Air Force) transport fleet helped bring in supplies to Darwin, and evacuate over 9,500 people to southern centres.

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The recovery efforts following Cyclone Tracy, which devastated Darwin, Australia, in December 1974, involved thousands of personnel. This included members of the Australian Defence Force, local authorities, and volunteers, with estimates suggesting around 5,000 military personnel were deployed for the recovery and rebuilding efforts. Additionally, various government agencies and community organizations played crucial roles in the relief and rehabilitation processes. Overall, the collaborative efforts spanned numerous sectors to restore the city in the aftermath of the disaster.

Warnings about Cyclone Tracy were first issued from 21 December 1974. Over the next four days, over 30 different warnings were issued.

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No. While it took many years to rebuild the city, Darwin has long since been completely rebuilt.

Cyclone Tracy hit Darwin in the month of December. Specifically, it hit on Christmas Day.

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The army arrived in Darwin to help out on Christmas Day 1974, the same day that the cyclone hit. Response from various groups to help was almost immediate. For more details of who was involved in the cleanup and rescue, see the related question below.

Many people were unprepared for Cyclone Tracy, not because of inadequate warnings, but because they were used to summer cyclones, and none had hit the city before. The warnings went virtually unnoticed.

Upwards of 71 people were killed, and many more injured. Schools were opened up as emergency shelter, and within days, people were being ecavuated to southern centres. Only about a third of the people living in Darwin at the time actually returned to rebuild. Darwin was largely made up of intransient workers who saw no reason to return. Only those who owned their own homes or businesses, or who had lived in the region for a couple of generations or more, returned.

Many of the homes and other buidings were blown to piece by the storm.

Cyclone Tracy hit Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia on the 25th of December 1974 but she had formed on the 20th.

When there is a storm warning everything that is lose is tied down or removed windows are covered and everything is secured as much as possible.

• Cyclone Tracy formed as a tropical storm in the Arafura Sea
• It hit Darwin in the early hours of Christmas Day, 25 December 1974, and had dissipated by about 7am
• The wind gauge at Darwin Airport officially recorded winds of 217 kilometres per hour before being blown away itself
• It was a category 4 storm whilst still out at sea, but there are suggestions that it was category 5 when it made landfall
• "Officially" 65 people were killed, but entire Aboriginal settlements were wiped out, and these people never accounted for
• 9,000 homes were destroyed, out of 12,000 residences
• Most of Darwin's residents were evacuated following the devastation, and many of them never returned
• The city was almost entirely rebuilt, and now meets cyclone standards
• The bureaucratic red tape which prevented efficient reconstruction of Darwin was largely responsible for the Territory being granted self-government 4 years later.

it was scheduled to take 5 years but was completed in a little over 3 years.

Cyclone Tracy formed 21 December 1974. It hit Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia December 24-25, 1974. And dissipated December 26th. Cyclone Tracy killed 71 people. Tracy destroyed over 70% of Darwin's infrastructure. And left almost 90% of the population homeless. It caused $837 million in damage.