Over roughly half a century, 23, or nearly 60% of the cyclones, to hit … Overnight, 113mm of rain fell on Brisbane Airport, almost 150mm on the Gold Coast and a whopping 200mm on Nambour in the Sunshine Coast. The cyclone crossed at the Pardoo roadhouse, east Pilbara coast at 2am and was on Sunday morning moving inland in a south-easterly direction. Here are some of the severe tropical cyclones that hit Bangladesh since 1965. And when there is much damage caused by them, it takes a longer time to recover from the aftermath of such destruction. The project was finally completed in May 2002, two and a half years after the cyclone hit. Although the cyclone did not make an impactful landfall, it resulted in strong winds over Odisha and Andhra Pradesh coast. Cyclones have always been frequent in the region.But what has risen is the frequency of intense cyclones in the area . But few of them carry a potential of massive destruction. Most extremely severe cyclones hit India’s east coast in the post-monsoon season. Although cyclones affect the entire coast of India the East Coast is more prone compared to the West Coast. But the abnormally high sea temperatures this year may be to blame for Fani’s severity.) Cyclone Marcia crossed the Queensland coast with winds of up to 180 miles an hour, causing high tides and dangerous surf and reportedly dumping a dead shark on a beach. Cyclone Nisarga, that could well be one of the worst cyclones to hit the West coast of India, is just around 150 to 160 km off Mumbai. It was also the costliest cyclone on record to hit Western Australia with damage totaling over $100 million Aud. In recent years, the worst cyclone Australia has seen was Yasi, in 2011, which hit Queensland’s Mission Beach and Hinchinbrook Island. One of the worst in our more recent history hit India 300 years ago. Igor is considered the worst storm of tropical origin to have hit Newfoundland in 75 years. Share: REUTERS/Stringer What is expected to be India's strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall in 20 years is barreling toward 100 million people on the country's east coast, prompting officials to begin emergency evacuations. Meanwhile, Cyclone Uesi is creating large swells along Australia’s east coast, and is expected to approach Queensland before weakening as it moves south. 100 million people in path of India's worst cyclone in 20 years. Cairo recorded more than 60.9 mm (2.4 inches) before the storm moved on -- 16 times its average March rainfall. This is a compilation of the 10 worst hurricanes in modern history, with 10 being the worst. newslocal; northern beaches; Sydney storms: 43 years ago one of the worst storms in history hit the east coast. It brushed the east coast of Efate, the island on which the capital, Port Vila, sits. Exmouth was devastated, with the whole town badly damaged and many houses destroyed. The last such one, Cyclone Nargis, wrecked parts of Myanmar in 2008. It brushed the east coast of … The cyclones claimed the lives of several lakh people in the country. The worst affected was Egypt where it was described as the country's worst storm in 40 years. In the historical average, there are only one or two per year. Over a million evacuated. It is the worst storm to hit the South Pacific Islands since at least Cyclone Zoe in 2002. Brace for impact. The strongest cyclone to hit India in five years killed at least 12 people in eastern Odisha state, before swinging north-eastwards into Bangladesh on Saturday. This cyclone, which was also unnamed was of monsoon origin, but tracked down well past Brisbane. Bhola Cyclone (November 11, 1970): The cyclone claimed the lives of at least 300,000 people in the low-lying region near the Bangladesh coast. High winds and massive waves are set to hit the east coast as Cyclone Oma tracks towards southeast QLD and northern NSW. 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