Portal:Tropical cyclones/Anniversaries/April/10

April 10,

• 1968 - During the passage of former Cyclone Giselle, the ferry TEV Wahine hit the Barrett Reef near Wellington, New Zealand, killing 53 of the people aboard.
• 1996 - Cyclone Olivia (pictured) produced the highest wind gust on Earth, when an anemometer on Barrow Island recorded a 3-second wind gust of 408 km/h (253 mph).