Category 5 severe tropical cyclone (Aus scale) | |
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Formed | Before 19 January 1918 |
Dissipated | 23 January 1918 |
Highest winds | 10-minute sustained: 205 km/h (125 mph) Gusts: 285 km/h (180 mph) |
Lowest pressure | 933 hPa (mbar); 27.55 inHg |
Fatalities | 30 |
Damage | Major |
Areas affected | Queensland |
Part of the 1917–18 Australian region cyclone season |
The 1918 Mackay cyclone was one of the worst tropical cyclones to strike Australia in recorded history.[1]
THE FOLLOWING IS FROM ONE SOURCE:[3]