Portal:Northern Territory

Topics Culture Geography Health History Mathematics Nature People Philosophy Religion Society Technology The NORTHERN TERRITORY PORTAL Template:/box-header Template:/Intro Template:/box-footer Photograph of Darwin and the damage caused by Cyclone Tracy in 1974 Cyclone Tracy was a tropical cyclone that devastated the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, from Christmas Eve to Christmas Day, 1974. It was the most compact tropical cyclone on record, with gale-force winds extending only 48 km (30 mi) from the centre. After forming over the Arafura Sea, the storm moved upward and affected the city with Category 4 winds on the Australian cyclone intensity scale and the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, although there is evidence to suggest that it had reached Category 5 when it made landfall. Tracy killed 71 people, caused $837 million in damage (1974 AUD) and destroyed more than 70 percent of Darwin's buildings. Tracy left homeless more than 20,000 out of the 49,000 inhabitants of the city prior to landfall and required the evacuation of over 30,000 people. Most of Darwin's population was evacuated to Adelaide, Whyalla, Alice Springs and Sydney, and many never returned to the city. After the storm passed, the city was rebuilt using more modern materials and updated building techniques. Bruce Stannard of The Age stated that Cyclone Tracy was a "disaster of the first magnitude ... without parallel in Australia's history." View along the West MacDonnell Ranges from the Larapinta Trail, near Glen Helen West MacDonnell National Park is a national park in the Northern Territory, Australia, 1,234 kilometres (767 mi) south of Darwin. It extends along the MacDonnell Ranges west of Alice Springs. The following Wikimedia sister projects provide more on this subject: What are portals? List of portals Featured portals