The 2015–16 South Pacific cyclone season was one of the most disastrous South Pacific tropical cyclone seasons on record, with a total of 50 deaths and $1.405 billion in damage. Throughout the season,
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Cyclone Winston
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Severe Tropical Cyclone Winston was a powerful, long-lived, erratic, and destructive tropical cyclone that became the most intense in the Southern Hemisphere on record, as well as the strongest to mak
2015–16 South Pacific cyclone season
…the season, 8 systems attained tropical cyclone status, whilst 5 became severe tropical cyclones. The most notable cyclone of the season by far was Winston, which attained a minimum pressure of 884 hPa (mbar; 26.10 inHg), and maximum ten-minute sustained winds of 175 mph (280 km/h), making it the most…
Cyclone Winston at record peak intensity on 20 February, just before making landfall in Fiji
Winston east of Queensland, with subtropical characteristics on 27 February
A home largely destroyed by the storm in Tailevu Province
Large swells in Gold Coast, Queensland injured multiple people and prompted the closure of beaches