Cyclones in Australia

1. Cyclones in Australia
By: Seantique Darby

2. What Is It!?
Cyclones are very deadly.
The winds can reverse the
direction of the cyclone to an
eastward path. As the cyclone
moves pole wards it can speed up
the winds and it may reach 30
m.p.h. or more. An average
tropical cyclone can travel about
300 to 400 miles a day, or about
3,000 miles before it dies out.
Cyclones are also low-pressure
centered.

5. Where does it happen?
According to the met office
website cyclones usually happen
between the 5 degree and 3 degree
latitude lines and moves westward
somewhat towards the poles. The
cyclones that hit Australia happen
mostly near the western side of the
continent. The cyclone season in
Australia happens from October to May.
All of Australia gets cyclones the worst
one was in February 2011 in Northern
Australia. The winds were 177 mph
went 15 miles across Northern Australia
and was a diameter of 900. It was about
3.6 billion dollars in damages.

6. How does is affect life on earth?
Cyclones affect life on earth
because it comes with little to no
warning at all. It takes lives it
destroys property and businesses.
Cyclones are a natural disaster.

7. What’s the issue? / Solution?
The issue with cyclones are
that they destroy everything and
you cannot stop a natural disaster
from happening. Only solution I
see fit is try to get a better
warning to know when a cyclone
is coming. The only system they
have is they know the season to
when the cyclones come. They
also recommend cellars like they
have for hurricanes.

10. Citations
• Hess Darrel, Physical Geography Third California Edition
• http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/tropicalcyclone/facts#what
• http://earthsci.org/flood/j_flood04/cyclone/cyclone.html
• http://www.bom.gov.au/cyclone/about/warnings/