2000-01 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season
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Australia
Cyclone Sam
Cyclone Sam was an intense Category 5 cyclone that did heavy damage cross northwestern Australia. The cyclone damaged a train station and knocked down trees. There were no deaths.Cyclone Terri
Terri formed on January 28,2001 near the northern Kimberly coast. The storm paralleled the coast, reaching category 2 strength before making landfall near Pardoo on January 31. The storm dissapated on February 1.[link]Cyclone Alistair
The second most damaging cyclone of the 2000-01 Cyclone season, Alistair made landfall close to Carnarvon on April 24, 2001 as a poorly organized cyclone. The centre passed just to the north of town with a wind gust to 67 kilometres per hour from the northeast recorded at 4:11 am. Minimum pressure of 1002.9 hPa was recorded at 5 am, followed by the peak recorded wind gust of 90 kilometres per hour from the southeast at 6 am. A total of 24 mm of rainfall was reported in Carnarvon. Plantations to the north of Carnarvon reported 30-40 % crop losses, with wind estimates of 100 to 110 kilometres per hour. [link]Other Cyclones
- Cyclone Abigail
- Cyclone Vincent
- Cyclone Wylva
See also
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