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1918 Innisfail cyclone

Category 5 severe tropical cyclone (Aus scale)
Winds	10-minute sustained: 205 km/h (125 mph) Gusts: 285 km/h (180 mph)
Pressure	910 hPa (mbar); 26.87 inHg
Fatalities	37
Damage	Major
Areas affected	Queensland
Part of the 1917–18 Australian region cyclone season

The 1918 Innisfail cyclone was one of the worst tropical cyclones to strike Australia in recorded history.

Meteorological history

File:1918 Innisfail cyclone track.png

Map plotting the storm's track and intensity, according to the Saffir–Simpson scale

Map key

Saffir–Simpson scale

  Tropical depression (≤38 mph, ≤62 km/h)
  Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)
  Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)
  Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)
  Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)
  Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)
  Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)
  Unknown

Storm type

Tropical cyclone

Subtropical cyclone

Extratropical cyclone, remnant low, tropical disturbance, or monsoon depression

Preparations and impacts

See also

• Severe Tropical Cyclone Mahina (1899)—the first tropical cyclone on record to make landfall in Queensland at Category 5
• 1918 Mackay cyclone—the second tropical cyclone on record to make landfall in Queensland at Category 5, only __ days before the 1918 Innisfail cyclone
• Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi (2011)—the fourth tropical cyclone on record to make landfall in Queensland at Category 5
• Severe Tropical Cyclone Marcia (2015)—the fifth tropical cyclone on record to make landfall in Queensland at Category 5

External links

• Australian Bureau of Meteorology