How many houses did Cyclone Larry destroy?

How many houses did Cyclone Larry destroy?

10,000 homes
In total 10,000 homes were damaged. Preliminary reports estimated the cost of loss and damage to domestic and commercial premises is to be in excess of half a billion dollars. After landfall, Tropical Cyclone Larry moved over north-western Queensland on 22–23 March 2006, with heavy rain falls across the region.

What did Cyclone Larry destroy?

Queensland farmers have suffered huge losses from Cyclone Larry, with most of the nation’s banana crop destroyed and sugar cane fields flattened. Up to 4,000 people are likely to lose their jobs after the storm destroyed bananas worth A$300 million.

How many people were affected by Cyclone Yasi?

Overall, approximately 1,000 people reported significant damage to their homes. Other impacts include power loss to more than 200,000 properties, cars found metres away from where they were left and boats piled on top of each other in some regions.

When did Cyclone Yasi hit Mission Beach QLD?

Just five years later the whole nation watched as massive category 5 cyclone Yasi brewed out in the coral sea in the weeks before moving in a straight line for Mission Beach on the Queensland coast crossing at 10pm 2nd Feb.

How did Cyclone Larry affect the Cassowary population?

There has been a lot of concern for the wildlife within the fragmented landscape and a strong focus is on the endangered cassowary population that was badly affected after cyclone Larry in 2006. 31 birds died in the twelve months following the cyclone, 15 in the Innisfail area, 11 at Mission Beach and 5 in Tully.

When did the last cyclone hit the Cassowary Coast?

Three devastating cyclones have hit the Cassowary Coast in 25 years. On February In 1986 high category 3 cyclone Winifred crossed the coast at 7pm just north of Mission Beach at Silkwood. The slow moving cyclone buffeted the coast for more than 10 hours with winds reaching 200 kilometres an hour.