There are few records about this cyclone, but the weather system is known to have killed 300,000 people and destroyed 20,000 ships when it hit Calcutta in 1737. In May 2008 Cyclone Nargis hit Burma, packing winds of up to 133mph. The damage bill was estimated at $390 million.Althea, a category four, was at the time considered to be one of the strongest cyclones to affect the Queensland coast. The total damage cost was estimated to be in excess of $20 million.Joan, a category five, was a severe tropical cyclone with maximum measured wind gusts of 208 kilometres per hour. The federal government put the damage bill at $1.5 billion. The Super" Typhoon Nina was one of the largest recorded typhoons in history and the second most deadly hurricanes in the Pacific. The storm also caused famine and epidemic. The Swatow Typhoon was first spotted July 27 near the Caroline Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
In 1839 a powerful cyclone struck India, killing 300,000 people. (Wind readings during the 1940s to 1960s were likely overestimated due to inadequate technology and a lesser understanding at the time of how hurricanes work.) Because it was such a large, strong storm, Yasi maintained considerable intensity as it tracked inland, finally weakening to a tropical low near Mount Isa more than 20 hours after it crossed the coast. With a minimum central pressure of 877 millibars, Ida is also the third-strongest cyclone ever recorded in terms of central pressure.Like Ida, Patricia also holds multiple records. There were three deaths in Townsville and damage costs in the region reached $50 million. Seven lives were lost when two fishing trawlers were sunk off the coast from Onslow, while one motorist drowned while attempting to cross a flooded creek near Carnarvon.Justin crossed the Queensland coast as a category two cyclone north-west of Cairns on March 22. Cyclone Tracy (1974) Tracy, a category four, struck Darwin in the Northern Territory on Christmas Eve. This list provides details on the 10 most intense hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones in world history, ranked by one-minute sustained wind speeds. Coringa was never rebuilt. Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar in 2008, destroying homes, villages and medical centers. Most ships in the harbor (172 out of 195) were either damaged or destroyed. The Labutta Township alone was reported to have 80,000 dead, with about 10,000 more deaths in Bogale. It is the strongest hurricane in terms of Patricia made landfall north of Manzanillo, Mexico still at Category 5 intensity, becoming only the second Pacific hurricane to make landfall at this intensity. It crossed the far north Queensland coast near Lockhart River as a category four. Wind damage was confined to trees and sheds, however, the cyclone had been very severe, generating huge seas that claimed the lives of eight seaman in three separate incidents off the southern and central Queensland coasts.Monica was the 17th and last cyclone of the 2005-06 season and terrorised Australia's north for more than a fortnight after starting life off the south-eastern tip of PNG. At peak strength, its winds spread 1,380 miles (2,220 km) in diameter—that's nearly half the size of the contiguous United States.Two storms, one in the Western Pacific and one in the Atlantic, are tied with Tip for the fifth-strongest storm (by winds):Joan was the 1959 typhoon season's strongest storm in terms of intensity and size (it was more than 1,000 miles across). The massive storm destroyed homes, shredded crops and smashed marinas and island resorts as it roared ashore. Winds are often used to measure intensity as they commonly cause notable impacts over large areas, and most popular In the most recent and reliable records, most tropical cyclones which attained a pressure of 900 The most intense storm in the North Atlantic by lowest pressure was Storms which reached a minimum central pressure of 920 hectopascals (27.17 inHg) or less are listed. It crossed the coast on April 23 at Cape Preston, 70 kilometres west of Karratha. If you're fascinated by extreme storms, you likely know that the These storms tie Amy as the 10th-strongest storm (by winds):This trio of typhoons share the rank of the ninth-strongest storm (by winds):Besides being notable in strength, Rita had the odd characteristic of tracking virtually due west for its nearly two-week duration. Many houses were damaged or destroyed, including 200 Housing Commission homes. The cyclone killed around 200,000 people and the property damage was massive. It's minimum pressure bottomed out at a world-record low of 870 millibars on October 12, 1979, shortly after passing Guam and Japan. This was the worst storm to ever strike the area, taking an estimated 140,000 lives. Of a population of 43,000 people, 25,000 were left homeless, according to the Australian government.Category five Cyclone Yasi crossed the far north Queensland coast near Mission Beach early on February 3, 2011, bringing peak wind gusts estimated at 285 kilometres per hour. Although it missed most of the major cities in Asia, the death toll reached 210,000. The most intense tropical cyclone in the South-West Indian Ocean is Storms with an intensity of 920 hPa (27.17 inHg) or less are listed. Here is a list of some of the worst cyclones to lash the Australian coast since 1970. Little is known about this cyclone, that hit Bombay in 1882, killing 100,000 people. Some of the most devastating natural disasters in recorded history with high casualties were tropical cyclones that hit the region now comprising present-day Bangladesh.
It was the strongest cyclone to impact Queensland since Cyclone Yasi three years earlier. Read the detailed post cyclone reports for Australian cyclones dating back to 1970.