1970–1975 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone seasons

The 1970–1975 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone seasons ran year-round from July 1 to June 30 during each year between 1970 and 1975. Tropical cyclone activity in the Southern Hemisphere reaches its peak from mid-February to early March.

Southern Hemisphere Cyclone Seasons
Pre-1970 1970–1975 1975–80 1980–85

1970–1971 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season

Main article: 1970–71 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season

Main article: 1970–71 Australian region cyclone season

The following storms occurred in the Australian Region during the 1970–1971 tropical cyclone season:

Cyclone Andrea

• Andrea, 31 October to 11 November 1970 in central Indian Ocean

Cyclone Betsy

Cyclone Beverly

• Beverley, 26 November to 1 December 1970 in Arafura Sea. The decayed storm developed into Eva (below)

Cyclone Eva

• Eva, 1 to 12 December 1970 caused flooding over the Kimberley region of Western Australia

Cycllone Hilary-Dominique

• Hilary, 11 to 18 December 1970 in central Indian Ocean

Cyclone Janet

• Janet, 19 to 25 December 1970 in central Indian Ocean

Cyclone 06P

Cyclone Loris

• Loris, 26 to 31 December 1970 crossed the Pilbara coast near Mandora with no serious damage.

Cyclone Rosie

• Rosie, weak cyclone late December 1970 near New Caledonia

Cyclone Sophie

• Sophie, weak cyclone late December 1970 near New Caledonia

Cyclone Myrtle-Ginette

• Myrtle/Ginette, 15 to 19 January 1971 near Cocos Island and moved west

Cyclone Polly

• Polly, 20 to 29 January 1971 in central Indian Ocean

Cyclone Rita

• Rita, 23 to 30 January 1971 passed over Exmouth, Western Australia with flood damage only.

Cyclone Shiela-Sophie

• Sheila-Sophie, 29 January to 6 February 1971 crossed coast near Roebourne, Western Australia with some damage

Cyclone Aggie

• Aggie, 1 to 4 February 1971 in Gulf of Carpentaria and Arnhem Land

Cyclone Helga

Cyclone Yvonne

• Yvonne, 9 to 24 February 1971 near Cocos Island and moved west

Cyclone Tilly

• Tilly, 10 to 14 February 1971 in central Indian Ocean

Cyclone Dora

• Dora, 10 to 18 February 1971 off Queensland

Cyclone Dora formed in the Coral sea east of proserpine on February 10, 1971, it took a southeasterly track over the next 4 days away from the QLD coast turning into a low pressure system well east of the QLD NSW border. On February 17 the system reintensified into a cyclone east of the Gold Coast and crossed the coast north of Brisbane at Redcliffe. Widespread structural dammage was reported with power lines down and roofs removed.http://www.bom.gov.au/cyclone/history/dora.shtml

Cyclone Gertie

• Gertie, 11 to 16 February 1971 crossed near Townsville, Queensland and developed into Fiona (below)

Cyclone Iphigenie

Cyclone Ida

• Ida, 15 to 22 February 1971 in Coral Sea

Cyclone Joelle

Cyclone Fiona

• Fiona, 17 to 28 February developed from remains of Gertie in Gulf of Carpentaria

Cyclone Kalinka

• Kalinka, February 1971 in central Indian Ocean near Mauritius

Cyclone Yvonne-Lise

Cyclone Maggie-Muriel

• Maggie/Muriel, 7 to 20 March 1971 in central Indian Ocean

Cyclone Lena

• Lena, 13 to 20 March 1971 near New Caledonia

Cyclone Nelly

Cyclone Mavis

• Mavis, 23 to 29 March 1971 crossed coast near Denham, Western Australia causing flooding

Cyclone Carmen

• Carmen, 20 to 30 November 1971 in central Indian Ocean

1971–1972 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season

Main article: 1971–72 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season

Main article: 1971–72 Australian region cyclone season

Cyclone Odette

Cyclone Rhoda

• Rhoda, 20 to 26 October 1971 in central Indian Ocean

Cyclone 03P

Cyclone Ursula

• Ursula, 2 to 16 December 1971 in Solomon Islands area

Cyclone Kitty

• Kitty, 2 to 5 December 1971 in the Arafura Sea

Cyclone Sally

• Sally, 3 to 13 December 1971 crossed coast near Broome, Western Australia.

Cyclone Agnes

Cyclone Vivienne

Cyclone Althea

Category 4 severe tropical cyclone (Australian scale)
Category 1 tropical cyclone (SSHS)
Duration	December 19 – December 29
Peak intensity	165 km/h (105 mph) (10-min)  952 mbar (hPa)

Tropical Cyclone Althea was a Category 4 cyclone when it hit the coast some 50 km north of Magnetic Island and Townsville in North Queensland on December 24, 1971. Althea produced peak gust wind speeds between 123 and 145 miles per hour (197 and 233 km/h). Three people died and property damage was estimated at A$115 million loss (1990 value). On Magnetic Island 90% of the houses were damaged or destroyed. In Townsville houses were lifted from their foundations and most trees stripped of foliage. Althea was also notable at the time, as it had struck a major city.

Although there was a dangerous storm surge associated with TC Althea (between 2.8 and 3.6 metres) little flooding occurred because the cyclone made landfall on a low tide. However, the combination of storm surge and wave action demolished The Strand sea wall and houses in low-lying areas were inundated with up to 0.6 metres of water.

Cyclone Belle

Cyclone Bronwyn

• Bronwyn, 3 to 12 January 1972 in Gulf of Carpentaria

Cyclone Carlotta

• Carlotta, 5 to 21 January 1972 well off Queensland

Cyclone Wendy

• Wendy, 30 January to 9 February 1972 very intense off Queensland, possible pressure as low as 890hPa

Cyclone Caroline

Cyclone Dolly

Cyclone Daisy

• Daisy, 7 to 14 February 1972 off Queensland, caused some flooding near Brisbane

Cyclone Eugenie

Cyclone Fabienne

Cyclone Gigi

Cyclone Tessie

• Tessie, 20 to 27 February 1972 in central Indian Ocean

Cyclone 20S

Cyclone Vicky

• Vicky, 24 February to 4 March 1972 crossed Western Australian coast at Cockatoo Island.

Cyclone Angela

• Angela, 29 February to 3 March 1972 near Cocos Island and Christmas Island

Cyclone Hermione

Cyclone Yolande

Cyclone Belinda

• Belinda, 20 to 30 March 1972 near Christmas Island

Cyclone Agatha

Cyclone Emily

• Emily, 27 March to 4 April 1972 off Queensland, eight lives lost at sea

Cyclone Carol

• Carol, 6 to 14 April 1972 in the central Indian Ocean.

Cyclone Faith

• Faith, 11 to 23 April 1972 in Torres Strait and Coral Sea off Queensland

Cyclone Gail

• Gail, 11 to 18 April 1972 well off Queensland

Cyclone Hannah

• Hannah, 8 to 11 May near Papua New Guinea

Cyclone Ida

• Ida, 30 May to 3 June 1972 near Solomon Islands causing $70 million damage.

1972–1973 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season

Main article: 1972–73 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season

Main article: 1972–73 Australian region cyclone season

Cyclone Bebe

Category 3 severe tropical cyclone (Australian scale)
Category 3 tropical cyclone (SSHS)
Duration	October 19 – October 25
Peak intensity	155 km/h (100 mph) (10-min)  945 mbar (hPa)

Tropical cyclone Bebe was a pre-season storm that impacted the Gilbert, Ellice Islands, and Fiji island groups. First spotted on October 20, the system intensified and grew in size through October 22. Its course began along a south-southwest trajectory before recurving near the 14th parallel south, which resulted in a south-southeast motion through the western portion of the Fiji island group. Bebe became the first cyclone to impact Fiji since 1952. On October 24, winds of 150 knots (280 km/h) or more were reported on Rotuma and Viti Levu. The cyclone submerged Funafuti, eliminating 90% of structures on the island. Sources of drinking water were contaminated as a result of the system's storm surge and fresh water flooding. After passing by the archipelago, Bebe transitioned into an extratropical cyclone, with the remnants last noted on October 28. A total of 28 people died and thousands were left homeless. Damages totaled $20 million (1972 USD).

Cyclone 02P

Cyclone Ariane

Cyclone Diana

Cyclone Ivy-Beatrice

Cyclone 06P

Cyclone 07P

Cyclone Charlotte

Cyclone Jean

Duration	January 9 – January 16
Peak intensity	Winds unknown

Cyclone Dorothee

Cyclone Felicity

Duration	January 12 – January 18
Peak intensity	Winds unknown

Cyclone Emmanuelle

Cyclone Kerry

Duration	January 18 – January 25
Peak intensity	Winds unknown

At Wickham on 21 January 1973 more than 30 houses were partly unroofed and some houses received major damage. There was no damage to buildings in Dampier, Roebourne or Karratha as the cyclone crossed the coast well to the east. Kerry passed close to a number of oil-drilling rigs causing damage and lost productivity time that cost over one million dollars. Maximum recorded gust was 140 km/h at Cape Lambert.

Cyclone Faustine

Cyclone Leila-Gertrude

Duration	January 22 – February 3
Peak intensity	Winds unknown

Cyclone Hortense

Cyclone Maude

Duration	January 26 – January 31
Peak intensity	Winds unknown

Cyclone Adeline

Duration	January 28 – January 31
Peak intensity	Winds unknown

Cyclone Henrietta

Duration	January 30 – February 5
Peak intensity	Winds unknown

Cyclone Glenda

Cyclone 20P

Cyclone Isis

Cyclone Jessy

Duration	February 14 – February 25
Peak intensity	Winds unknown

Cyclone Kristy

Duration	February 23 – March 1
Peak intensity	Winds unknown

Cyclone Kitty

Duration	February 24 – March 4
Peak intensity	Winds unknown

Cyclone Leah

Duration	February 25 – March 8
Peak intensity	Winds unknown

Cyclone 25P

Unnamed Cyclone

Duration	March 2 – March 13
Peak intensity	Winds unknown

Cyclone Madge

Duration	March 3 – March 17
Peak intensity	Winds unknown

Cyclone Lydie

Cyclone Nellie

Duration	March 14 – March 21
Peak intensity	Winds unknown

Cyclone Bella

Duration	March 21 – March 25
Peak intensity	Winds unknown

Cyclone Paula

Duration	March 28 – March 31
Peak intensity	Winds unknown

Cyclone Juliette

Duration	April 2 – April 6
Peak intensity	Winds unknown

Cyclone Roma

Duration	April 18 – April 22
Peak intensity	Winds unknown

Cyclone Marcelle

Duration	April 30 – May 6
Peak intensity	Winds unknown

Cyclone 32S

Cyclone 33P

Cyclone 34S

Tropical cyclone Bernendette

On 27 April, a tropical cyclone formed near Flores. It moved near the island and dissipated two days later. The cyclone was a major disaster. It sank a ship, with all 21 hands lost, as well as killing around 1500 fishers at sea. On the island of Flores, 53 were killed.

Cyclone 36S

1973–1974 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season

Main article: 1973–74 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season

Main article: 1973–74 Australian region cyclone season

Cyclone 01P

Cyclone 02P

Cyclone Alice

Cyclone Bernadette

Duration	October 16 – October 28
Peak intensity	Winds unknown

Cyclone 05P

Cyclone Ines

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration	November 18 – November 23
Peak intensity	100 km/h (65 mph) (1-min)  985 mbar (hPa)

Cyclone Annie

Duration	November 21 – December 5
Peak intensity	Winds unknown

Cyclone Beryl

Duration	November 27 – December 4
Peak intensity	Winds unknown

Cyclone Natalie-Lottie

Duration	December 4 – December 12
Peak intensity	Winds unknown

Cyclone Lottie struck Fiji's Southern Lau Group on December 10. High seas caused the ship Uluilakeba to capsize killing more than 85 people.

Cyclone Christiane

Cyclone Una

Cyclone Deidre-Delida

Duration	December 19 – December 31
Peak intensity	Winds unknown

Cyclone Erica

Cyclone Esmeralda

Cyclone Fiona-Gwend

Duration	January 8 – January 12
Peak intensity	Winds unknown

Cyclone Monica

Cyclone Nessie

Duration	January 18 – January 21
Peak intensity	Winds unknown

Cyclone Vera

Duration	January 19 – January 22
Peak intensity	Winds unknown

Cyclone Fredegonde

Cyclone Wanda

Duration	January 23 – January 25
Peak intensity	Winds unknown

This cyclone existed from 24 January to 27 January 1974 and led to extensive flooding over southeast Queensland. Although this tropical cyclone was relatively weak, it dropped enormous quantities of rain on south-eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales over the Australia Day (26–27 January) weekend, resulting in some of the worst flooding seen in a century. The Queensland state capital, Brisbane, fared particularly badly, with fourteen lives lost and parts of the city submerged under 2 metres of the Brisbane River. (See 1974 Brisbane flood.) In northern New South Wales, a further two fatalities were reported. The cyclone's final toll: 16 dead, over 300 injured; 56 homes destroyed, a further 1,600 submerged; 8000 people left homeless.

• The Corinda Landslip
• Australian Bureau of Meteorology article: The Big Wet - January 1974
• Natural Disasters in Australia

Cyclone Pam

Duration	January 30 – February 7
Peak intensity	Winds unknown

Cyclone Yvonne

Cyclone 22P

Cyclone 23P

Cyclone Rebecca

Duration	February 22 – February 25
Peak intensity	Winds unknown

Cyclone Ghislaine

Duration	February 23 – March 1
Peak intensity	Winds unknown

Cyclone 25P

Cyclone Helen

Duration	February 28 – March 10
Peak intensity	Winds unknown

Cyclone Zoe

Duration	March 2 – March 18
Peak intensity	Winds unknown

Cyclone Zoe was named and detected on 9 March 1974 when it was northeast of Brisbane. In the following days it moved steadily southward and interacted with an already-exiting trough in the easterlies to produce sustained and very heavy rainfall all along the coast from Brisbane south almost to Sydney. In the four days between 10–13 March, Brisbane received 419.4 millimetres (16.51 in) and some places in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales received as much as 700 millimetres (28 in). With catchments already saturated by heavy January rains, record flooding occurred on the Richmond River, which reached a height of 12.17 metres (39.9 ft).

Cyclone Isobel

Cyclone Jessie

Duration	March 16 – March 25
Peak intensity	Winds unknown

Cyclone Jenny

Duration	March 16 – March 30
Peak intensity	Winds unknown

Cyclone 31S

Cyclone Alice

Cyclone Honorine

Duration	April 14 – April 24
Peak intensity	Winds unknown

Cyclone Tina

1974-1975 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season

Main article: 1974-75 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season

Main article: 1974–75 Australian region cyclone season

Main article: 1974–75 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season

See also

• List of Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone seasons
• list of notable tropical cyclones

External links

• Cyclone Damage