Where in Australia do cyclones occur?

In an average season, tropical cyclones are mostly experienced in northwest Australia between Exmouth and Broome in Western Australia and in northeast Queensland between Port Douglas and Maryborough.

Which part of Australia has the most cyclones?

northwest Australian
Frequency. The northwest Australian coastline between Broome and Exmouth is the most cyclone-prone region of the entire Australian coastline, having the highest frequency of coastal crossings as shown below.

How far south do cyclones occur in Australia?

Within the Southern Hemisphere there are officially three areas where tropical cyclones develop on a regular basis: the South-West Indian Ocean between Africa and 90°E, the Australian region between 90°E and 160°E, and the South Pacific basin between 160°E and 120°W.

What is cyclone called in Australia continent?

In Australia, a cyclone is called a willy-willy. Storms forming in the North Atlantic, central North Pacific, and eastern North Pacific are known as hurricanes. A storm in the Northwest Pacific is a typhoon.

How many tropical cyclones are there in Australia?

A total of eight tropical cyclones formed during the season, which represents the region’s least active season since the 2016–17 season. Three systems intensified further into severe tropical cyclones, and three systems made landfall within the region at tropical cyclone intensity.

Where are the tropical cyclones in the world?

1 North Atlantic (including Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico): Hurricanes 2 Eastern and Central North Pacific: Hurricanes 3 Western Northern Pacific: Typhoons 4 Arabian Sea/Northern Indian Ocean: Tropical Cyclones 5 South Indian Ocean: Tropical Cyclones/Willy-Willy for southwest Australia 6 Coral Sea/South Pacific: Tropical Cyclone

What was the strongest cyclone to hit Western Australia?

A total of 28 fatalities were caused, either directly or indirectly, as a result of impacts from the season’s systems. Severe Tropical Cyclone Damien, the strongest of the year, became the strongest tropical cyclone to strike Western Australia’s Pilbara Region since Cyclone Christine in 2013 .

Are there any cyclones in the South Pacific?

The BoM also issued two seasonal forecasts for their self-defined eastern and western regions of the South Pacific Ocean. They predicted that the Western region between 142.5°E and 165°E, had a 54% chance of seeing activity above its average of 4 tropical cyclones.