1973–74 Australian region cyclone season

none Aus 1974 1973-1974 Australian cyclone season summary.jpg 17 November 1973 23 March 1974 Pam 928 110 10 19 19 10 >101 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76 1973–74 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season 1973–74 South Pacific cyclone season The 1973–74 Australian region cyclone season was the third most active tropical cyclone season in the Australian Region. Season summary Systems Severe Tropical Cyclone Ines Aus Ines 1973 track.png November 17 November 24 80 75 970 On November 17, Ines formed offshore the Top End. Moving westward, the cyclone passed north of Bathurst and Melville islands. Thereafter, Ines curved southwestward and intensified into a 130 km/h mph on 5 cyclone while nearing Troughton Island. The storm made landfall in Kimberley, Western Australia on November 19. Ines slowly weakened after moving inland and dissipated on November 24.http://reg.bom.gov.au/cyclone/history/ines.shtml Severe Tropical Cyclone Ines Bureau of Meteorology July 18, 2014 Melbourne, Victoria Tropical Cyclone Annie Aus Annie 1973 track.png AnnieDecember21973.png November 21 December 8 55 60 981 Cyclone Annie developed northwest of Western Australia on November 21. By December 8, it dissipated.http://reg.bom.gov.au/cyclone/history/annie.shtml Tropical Cyclone Annie Bureau of Meteorology July 18, 2014 Melbourne, Victoria Severe Tropical Cyclone Beryl Aus Beryl 1973 track.png BerylDecember21973.png November 26 December 4 70 70 973 Beryl formed just south of the Lesser Sunda Islands on November 26. The cyclone strengthened, peaking with winds of 125 km/h mph on 5 on December 1. Three days later, Beryl made landfall near Carnarvon, Western Australia and quickly dissipated. Minor wind damage was reported.http://reg.bom.gov.au/cyclone/history/beryl.shtml Tropical Cyclone Beryl Bureau of Meteorology July 18, 2014 Melbourne, Victoria Tropical Cyclone Natalie–Lottie Aus Natalie-Lottie 1973 track.png LottieDecember71973.gif December 1 December 2 35 40 995 Cyclone Lottie struck Fiji's Southern Lau Group on December 10. High seas caused the ship Uluilakeba to capsize killing more than 85 people.http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?ref=archive&id=59508 Fiji Times 2013-04-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20140508061533/http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?ref=archive&id=59508 2014-05-08 dead Joeli Kalgouta, "The Only Survivor", Liahona, October 2004. Severe Tropical Cyclone Cecily Aus Cecily 1973 track.png December 11 December 19 70 70 973 The next system, Cecily, developed near the Cocos Islands on December 11. Cecily moved south-southwestward and peaked with winds of 125 km/h mph on 5. On December 19, the cyclone dissipated.http://reg.bom.gov.au/cyclone/history/pdf/cecily.pdf Tropical Cyclone Cecily Bureau of Meteorology July 18, 2014 Melbourne, Victoria Tropical Cyclone Una Aus Una 1973 track.png December 15 December 20 55 50 988 Una formed southwest of Solomon Islands on December 15. It struck Queensland before dissipating on December 20. Severe Tropical Cyclone Deidre–Delinda Aus Deidre-Delida 1973 track.png DiedrieDecember271973.png December 20 December 25 (Crossed 80°E) 80 80 964 Cyclone Deidre developed in the vicinity of the Cocos Islands on December 20. Moving generally west-southwestward across the Indian Ocean, it crossed the 80°E on December 25.http://reg.bom.gov.au/cyclone/history/deidre.shtml Severe Tropical Cyclone Deidre Bureau of Meteorology July 18, 2014 Melbourne, Victoria Tropical Cyclone Erica Aus Erica 1973 track.png December 29 January 5 50 65 977 Tropical Cyclone Erica brought heavy rainfall to portions of Western Australia.http://reg.bom.gov.au/cyclone/history/pdf/erica74.pdf Tropical Cyclone Erica 29/12/1973 to 05/01/1974 Bureau of Meteorology July 18, 2014 Melbourne, Victoria PDF Tropical Cyclone Fiona–Gwenda Aus Fiona-Gwenda 1974 track.png January 6 January 13 55 55 982 Fiona-Gwenda was operationally considered two different tropical cyclones.http://reg.bom.gov.au/cyclone/history/fionagwenda.shtml Severe Tropical Cyclone Fiona–Gwenda Bureau of Meteorology July 18, 2014 Melbourne, Victoria Tropical Cyclone Vera Aus Vera 1974 track.png January 18 January 20 (Crossed 160°E) 50 55 986 On January 18, Cyclone Vera developed offshore Queensland. After moving northeastward, it then curved to the southeast. On January 20, Vera crossed 160°E and entered the South Pacific basin. Tropical Cyclone Wanda Aus Wanda 1974 track.png Wanda 1974-01-24.jpg January 20 January 25 50 35 997 Cyclone Wanda This cyclone existed from 24 January to 27 January 1974 and led to extensive flooding over southeast Queensland. Although this tropical cyclone was relatively weak, it dropped enormous quantities of rain on south-eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales over the Australia Day (26–27 January) weekend, resulting in some of the worst flooding seen in a century. The Queensland state capital, Brisbane, fared particularly badly, with fourteen lives lost and parts of the city submerged under 2 metres of the Brisbane River. In northern New South Wales, a further two fatalities were reported. The cyclone's final toll: 16 dead, over 300 injured; 56 homes destroyed, a further 1,600 submerged; 8000 people left homeless.Bureau of Meteorology (1992). Climate of Queensland, Commonwealth of Australia 0-644-24331-7 The Corinda Landslip Australian Bureau of Meteorology article: The Big Wet - January 1974medic Natural Disasters in Australia Severe Tropical Cyclone Pam SPac February 4 February 8 928 110 85 Pam 1974 track.png File:Pam1974feb.jpg During 4 February Severe Tropical Cyclone Pam moved south-westwards into the Australian region as a Category 5 severe tropical cyclone, with peak 10-minute sustained wind speeds estimated at 205 km/h mph on 5.1974030S15182 International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship 1974 Tropical Cyclone PAM (1974030S15182) March 28, 2020 Over the next couple of days, Pam passed about 500 km mi 5 on to the east of Brisbane, as it gradually weakened and recurved south-eastwards.http://www.bom.gov.au/cyclone/history/pam.shtml Australian Bureau of Meteorology Tropical Cyclone Pam March 28, 2020 The system was last noted during 7 February as it moved back into the South Pacific basin. Tropical Cyclone Yvonne Aus Yvonne 1974 track.png February 8 February 14 55 45 990 Cyclone Yvonne developed on February 8 and struck the Cape York Peninsula. Severe Tropical Cyclone Helen Aus Helen 1974 track.png February 28 March 8 70 70 973 On February 28, Cyclone Helen formed offshore Western Australia. Moving generally westward, it dissipated on March 8. Severe Tropical Cyclone Zoe Aus Zoe 1974 track.png ZoeMarch919742200UTC.gif March 6 March 14 75 75 968 Cyclone Zoe was named and detected on 9 March 1974 when it was northeast of Brisbane. In the following days it moved steadily southwardCyclone Zoe and interacted with an already-exiting trough in the easterlies to produce sustained and very heavy rainfall all along the coast from Brisbane south almost to Sydney. In the four days between 10 and 13 March, Brisbane received 419.4 mm inBrisbane Highest Daily Rainfall-March and some places in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales received as much as 700 mm in.March 1974 flood With catchments already saturated by heavy January rains, record flooding occurred on the Richmond River,Going to Venice which reached a height of 12.17 m ft. Severe Tropical Cyclone Isobel Aus Isobel 1974 track.png March 9 March 17 70 70 973 Cyclone Isobel existed over the South-East Indian Ocean from March 9 to March 17. Severe Tropical Cyclone Jessie Aus Jessie 1974 track.png JessieMarch2019742200UTC.gif March 16 March 25 80 80 964 Jessie developed between Indonesia and Western Australia on March 16. Moving west-southwestward, it was last noted on March 25. Tropical Cyclone Jenny Aus Jenny 1974 track.png JennyMarch2019742200UTC.gif March 16 March 30 50 50 988 Cyclone Jenny struck northern Western Australia. Tropical Cyclone Alice Aus Alice 1974 track.png March 21 March 23 40 35 997 The final system, Cyclone Alice, existed offshore the east coast of Australia from March 21 to March 23. See also Tropical cyclones Atlantic hurricane seasons: 1973, 1974 Eastern Pacific hurricane seasons: 1973, 1974 Western Pacific typhoon seasons: 1973, 1974 North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons: 1973, 1974 List of wettest tropical cyclones References 30em 1970 Australian region cyclone yes 1973 y Category:Australian region cyclone seasons Aust Category:1973 disasters in Australia Category: disasters in Australia Category:1973 disasters in Oceania Category: disasters in Oceania