Cyclone Yasi destroys Cardwell foreshore. Cardwell worst hit area Footage Cyclone Yasi Thurs 3 Feb 6pm. Australia's worst cyclones: Timeline. By:Marina Kamenev with AAP | February-4-2011 With Cyclone Yasi pounding at the door, we look back at some of the worst cyclones to lash Australia since 1899. Hurricane Yasi is vast in this satellite image as it bears down on the Qld coast this afternoon (Photo:BOM). EVERY OCTOBER TO MAY , northern Australia endures its annual cyclone season.
In Febrary 2011, Category 5 Cyclone Yasi , smashed the Far North Queensland coast, devastating the region around Cardwell and Tully. Previous Tropical Cyclones. The Australian Tropical Cyclone Database Details of all tropical cyclones that are known to have occurred are contained in a database maintained by the Bureau of Meteorology.
After a tropical cyclone has occurred, tropical cyclone meteorologists reanalyse the cyclone and compile what is known as the 'best track' and a report. Note: The cyclone track data was reviewed in 2007 and a large number of obvious errors, omissions and duplications have been repaired. There are still remaining data quality issues that can only be addressed by a thorough reanalysis of the data using current knowledge. This work is progressing. Cyclone Tracy Newsreel [1974]