Severe Tropical Cyclone Tracy was a small tropical cyclone that devastated the city of Darwin, in the Northern Territory of Australia, in December 1974. The small, developing, easterly storm was originally expected to pass clear of the city, but it would turn towards it early on 24 December. After 10:00 p.m. ACST, damage became severe, with wind gusts reaching 217 km/h before instruments failed. The anemometer in Darwin Airport control tower had its needle bent in half by the strength of the gusts.
The relative sizes of the United States, Cyclone Tracy and Typhoon Tip, the second smallest and largest tropical storms ever recorded, respectively
Devastation in Darwin
Houses after the destruction caused by Tracy
House in Nakara, Northern suburbs, after Tracy
Darwin, Northern Territory
Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. The city has nearly 53% of the Northern Territory's population, with 139,902 at the 2021 census. It is the smallest, wettest, and most northerly of the Australian capital cities and serves as the Top End's regional centre.
Image: Darwin homebanner (cropped)
Image: Darwin Waterfront
Image: Aerial view of the Darwin Convention Centre
Image: Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, Darwin, 2021, 02
