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Cyclone Tracy (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 1 week ago by Dialectical_Specialist@quokk.au to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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Cyclone Tracy was a small but destructive tropical cyclone that devastated the city of Darwin, in the Northern Territory of Australia, in December 1974. The small but developing easterly storm was originally expected to pass clear of the city, but it turned towards it early on 24 December. After 10:00 p.m. ACST, damage became severe, with wind gusts reaching 217 km/h (117 kn; 135 mph) before instruments failed. The anemometer in Darwin Airport control tower had its needle bent in half by the strength of the gusts.

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[–] Dialectical_Specialist@quokk.au 3 points 1 week ago

Hitting right on the hourly eve of Christmas in that particular era had to be so far beyond devastating.☹️